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.

Boredale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Burdale 1250 Lowth 1256 Ass4,9 1278 c.1300 Bart 1337 Lowth
  • Buredale 1256 Ass4d 1278 Lowth 1279 Ass12d c.1290 Lowth
  • Bur(e)sdal(l)e 1279 Ass4d,8d
  • Bourdal(e), Bourdall p.1291 MdMb c.1300 Bart 1323 Lowth 1377 Ipm
  • Bowrdall, Bowrdale 1425 Lowth 1605 Dep
  • Bowerdale 1588 Rent 1605,1631 Dep
  • Boredale 1777 NB
  • Boardale 1787 Clarke

Etymology

'Valley with a dwelling or storehouse', v. būr 1 , búr 2 , dæl (dalr).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name