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.

Bullersike

Other OS name in the Parish of Irthington

Historical Forms

  • Bullersyke 1737 Boothby

Etymology

is Bullersyke 1737Boothby . v. sīc . The first element is NCy buller , bulder , ' gurgling noise . ' This occurs again in topographical use in the Bullers of Buchan , which are subterranean passages on the Aberdeenshire coast through which the sea boils up .