This refers to the name of a person:
name
Boscastle (EN) / Kastel Boterel (KW)
Type:
Parish:
Hundred:
Elements notes:
<kastel> 'castle' + <Boterel> Norman Family Name - from Les Bottereaux
Historic forms:
(de) Castello Boterel, Castrum Boterel 1284.
Castel Botereaus 1287.
Boterelescastel 1302, 1370.
Chastelboterel 1312.
Castelboterel 1334.
Boterellescastel 1338.
Botrescastell 1343.
Botreaux castel 1383, 1392.
Boterelles castell 1400.
Butters Castell 1536.
Boscastle c1540.
Botreaux Castelle vulgo Boscastel c1550.