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.

Boreat

Other OS name in the Parish of Atherington

Historical Forms

  • Boryate 1333 SR
  • Boryatt 1650 FF

Etymology

[ bʌrjət ] is Boryate 1333SR (p), Boryatt 1650FF . Apparently a compound of burh and geat , but there are no remains of any fort or the like here now .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement