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.

Burgess Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Brumby

Historical Forms

  • Boggard Hall 1824 O

Etymology

is Boggard Hall 1824 O , presumably a building thought to be haunted by a goblin or the like ; see boggard NED 1 ' a spectre, a goblin, or bogy ' , still common in Northern and North Midland dial . The modem form is no doubt from a surn .