Boskear (EN) / Bosker (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Bodmin
Hundred: 
Triggshire
Elements: 

bos

Meaning: 
dwelling

ker

Meaning: 
fort
Elements notes: 
<bos> ‘dwelling’ + <ker> ‘fort’
Historic forms: 
Boscaer 1284 Overeboskair juxta Bodminiam 1319 Boskeir 1415 Boscayr (Lanivet) {lost} Boscayrdoune 1419 (N.A. – AR/1/350) Tremayle Downe alias Boscayr Downe (formerly held by Odo Hogge) (compare Bosca Doune (sic?), AR/1/350) 1469 (N.A. – AR/1/363) Boskeyr c1500 Boskear 1856 (OS 1856) [Note this is positioned at the settlement subsequently called Lower Boskear] Higher Boskear 1887 (OS 1887) Lower Boskear 1887 (OS 1887) Higher Boskear 1908 (OS 1908) Lower Boskear 1908 (OS 1908) Boskear Lane [a road] 1908 (OS 1908) Higher Boskear 1945 (OS 1945) Lower Boskear 1945 (OS 1945) Boskear Lane [a road] 1945 (OS 1945)