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.

Bocase Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Brigstock

Historical Forms

  • Bow Case Tree 1642 Deed

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is named after Bow Case Tree 1642Deed . Cf. Bocase Riding 1794EnclA . This was a tree on the boundary of Rockingham Forest of which the site is now marked by Bocase Stone .