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.

Boakley Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Brokenborough

Historical Forms

  • Bokeley 1456 IpmR
  • Bokely 1773 AandD

Etymology

is Bokeley 1456 IpmR, Bokely 1773 A and D . Probably ' beech-wood , ' v. leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement