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.

Burns Rigg

Other OS name in the Parish of Boltons

Historical Forms

  • Borance ib.

Etymology

is probably the site of Borance ib. v. burghan . Cf. Burrance (PN Dumf 75) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement