Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• bone (sic) 1606 Terrier

• Bone Leyes 1703 ib

• Bone Leys 1708 ib

• Bone Layes 1733 ib

• Bone Lays 1724,1765,1781,1784 ib

• Bone Nook(e) 1703,1708,1724,1733,1765,1781,1784 ib

• Bone spring 1756 Nichols

Etymology

, bone (sic)1606Terrier , cf. bones hawx (e )low 1601, 1606ib , Bone Hoxlow 1703ib , Bone Hawxlow 1708, 1724, 1733, 1765, 1781ib ( v. Hawxlowin f.ns. (a) ) , Bone Leyes 1703ib , Bone Leys 1708ib , Bone Layes 1733ib , Bone Lays 1724, 1765, 1781, 1784ib (v. leys), Bone Nook (e )1703, 1708, 1724,1733, 1765, 1781, 1784ib (v. nōk), Bone spring 1756 Nichols ( v. spring 1 ) ; evidently with bān ' bone ' and poss . referring to an unearthed Anglo - Saxon inhumation cemetery . Note Bonn in adjacent Misterton f. ns . ( a ) .