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.

Bosworth Grange

Other OS name in the Parish of Husbands Bosworth

Historical Forms

  • Bosseworth Graunge 1551 Pat
  • le Graunge de Boresworthe 1557 Nichols
  • Boresworth Grange 1619 Ipm
  • grangia de Boresworth(e) 1540 MinAccts 1558 Pat

Etymology

, 1925 Kelly , Bosseworth Graunge 1551Pat , le Graunge de Boresworthe 1557 Nichols,Boresworth Grange 1619 Ipm, grangia de Boresworth (e )1540MinAccts, 1558Pat ( with MLat  grangia ) , v. grange ; in origin , an outlying property of nearby Sulby Abbey in Northants .