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.

Bull Spinney

Other OS name in the Parish of Smeeton Westerby

Historical Forms

  • Bull Spinny 1835 O

Etymology

, Bull Spinny 1835 O , cf. Bull Barn 1835 ib ( v. bern ) , v. spinney ; prob . with the surn Bull rather than with bula , cf. Bulls Seeds in f.ns. (a) .