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.

Ball Eye

Other OS name in the Parish of Bonsall

Historical Forms

  • The Ball Leye or Ball Eye 1778 EnclA

Etymology

, Ball lee 1620 CPG , The Ball Leye or Ball Eye 1778EnclA , cf. Balpyngle 1482DuLa and John Ball 1415DuLaMB , v. lēah .