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.

Balburrow Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Colesborne

Historical Forms

  • Bolleberuestret 13 WinchLB
  • Bowberrow 1839 TA

Etymology

, Bolleberuestret 13 WinchLB, Bowberrow 1839TA , ' grove of tree-trunks ' , v. bola , bearu , similar in meaning to Stockwood (infra ) ; for the modern form cf. Phonol. § 26 .