Boyton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Boyton
Historical Forms
- Boientone 1086 DB
- Boynton 1366 Ipm
- Boiton' 1166 P
- Boiton 1242 Fees
Etymology
'Boia 's farm,' v. tun . Cf. Boyton (PN Ess 426), Boyton (Co), Boietone 1086 DB. The personal name Boia occurs in Cornwall in the 10th-century Bodmin Manumissions. See further Feilitzen 204, s. n .