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.

Bubwith Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Ferry Fryston

Historical Forms

  • Bubwyth houses 1407 TestLds

Etymology

, 1771 M , Bubwyth houses 1407 TestLds , named from the family of Bubwith ( cf. John Bubwith of Pontefract 1437 TestLdsxxvi, 181 ) ; cf. the nearby Bubwith Bridge 80infra .