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Survey of English Place-Names

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Boscomoor

Other OS name in the Parish of Penkridge

Historical Forms

  • Bowes more 1598 Ct
  • Boosmore 1681 ParReg
  • Booth(s)moor 1644to1763 ib

Etymology

, 1815 RegDiss , 1834 O , Bowes more 1598Ct , Boosmore 1681 ParReg, Booth (s )moor 1644 to 1763 ib , probably ' Booth's marshland ' , v. mōr 1 , but bōth ' temporaryshelter ' could be the original form ; bosco - shows a ' learned ' 19th alteration .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site