Meaning:
dwelling
Boscean (EN) / Bosseghan (KW)
Type:
Parish:
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Elements notes:
<bos> ‘dwelling’ + <seghan> ‘dry / waterless place’.
Historic forms:
Bosseghan c.943 (Bond, 2009)
Bosseghan 1238 (Gover, 1948)
Bosseghan juxta Sulgene 1370 (Gover, 1948)
Boscean 1778 (*CRO, AD1797/1, 1778) (Bond, 2009)
Bosehan 1844 (tenement)(CRO, TA/23, 1844) (Pool, 1985) (Bond, 2009)
Bosehan Tenement 1844 (CRO, TA/23, 1844) (Bond, 2009)
Bosham Mill 1844 (CRO, TA/23, 1844) (Bond, 2009)
Bosehan 1887 (OS, 6”, 1887) (Pool, 1985) (Bond, 2009)
Bosehan or Boseean 1908 (OS, 1908)(Pool, 1985)
Bosehan 1968 (CA 7, 1968, p92)(Bond, 2009)
Boscean 1971 (Russell, 1971, p41) (Bond, 2009)
Boscean 2015 (OS, 2015)