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.

Boughton

Other OS name in the Parish of Westbury on Severn

Historical Forms

  • Bougham 1327 SR
  • Boughams 1637 Inq

Etymology

, 1830 M , probably formerly Bougham 1327SR (p), Boughams 1637 Inq , now called Poultonshill ; the first el . is probably boga ' bow ' , possibly in reference to an arch bridge over Longhope Brook ¼ mile below the house , v. hamm , replaced by tūn .