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.

Boar Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby in Ashfield

Historical Forms

  • Borehyll 13th Felley

Etymology

is Borehyll 13thFelley , containing either the lost bor , ' ridge ' ( cf. PN Herts 75 ) or the animal - name as in Boarshill ( O ) .