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.

Bolton Percy

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bolton Percy

Historical Forms

  • Bodeltone, Badetone, Bodetone 1086 DB
  • Booltona 1169 P
  • Boelton' 1205 ChR
  • Bowelton 1276 RH
  • Bolton 1226 FF 1302 Abbr 1424 Pat
  • Bolton Percy 1305 Ebor 1337 FF 1562 FF
  • Bolton Peyrssy 1509 WillYk
  • Bolton Pearcye 1584 WillY 1621 FF
  • Boulton 1285 KI 1299 BM 1303 KF
  • Boulton Perci 1318 Ipm
  • Boltonne Parcie 1565 FF

Etymology

'Enclosure with buildings, a village', v. bōðl-tūn. Bolton Percy was part of the extensive estates received by William de Percy from the Conqueror (DB) and long remained in the possession of the Percy family (1205 ChR, 1303 KF 218n).