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.

Hr Boyston Lane, Lr Boyston Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Oborne

Etymology

, cf. (Hr ) Boysom , Burts Boysom , Noaks Boysom 1839TA , possibly from hamm ' enclosure ' with the ME  surname Boye or Boys found in Boys Hill in Holnest par . supra , cf. also f. ns . infra .