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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.

Bostal Bottom and Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Alciston

Historical Forms

  • atte Borstalle 1327 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) was the home of Joceus atte Borstalle (1327 SR) and is called the Borstall in 1337 ( FM ) , v. burhsteall . There is a steep hill here .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement