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.

Bungay Lake Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bromsgrove

Historical Forms

  • Bongey Lane 1504 Ct

Etymology

The pers. name Bungy occurs in the Subsidy Rolls of 1275 and 1327 in Chaddesley Corbett hard by. Presumably the name ultimately derives from Bungay (Sf).