English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Boarshead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rotherfield

Historical Forms

  • Boreshead 1556 Ct
  • Boreshead Okes 1587 Ct

Etymology

Boarshead is Boreshead 1556Ct , Boreshead Okes 1587Ct (C.P.).Miss Pullein tells us that in the grounds of the house here there is a rock that bears a faint resemblance to an animal's head.