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.

Boshaw

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Bawshaw, Bawshay 1709 WMB
  • Bowshaw 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, Bawshaw , Bawshay 1709 WMB, Bowshaw 1843 O.S. , v. sceaga ' copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site