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.

Boss Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Francis Bosse 1624 PRRl
  • George Bosse 1668 ib

Etymology

, 1840TA , named from the family of Francis Bosse (1624 PRRl 63) orGeorge Bosse (1668 ib 124) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name