Meaning:
dwelling
Boswarthen (EN) / Bosvarghan (KW)
Type:
Parish:
Hundred:
Notes:
Bos + personal name Marghan, perhaps cognate with Welsh Meirchyawn
Elements notes:
<bos> ‘dwelling’ + <Marghan> personal name
Historic forms:
Boswarvan juxta Sanctum Madernum 1291 (Gover, 1948)
Boswarvon 1291 (Pool, 1985)
Bosvarghan 1296 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985)
Bosvarghan 1338 Weatherhill
Boswarvan 1530 (Pool, 1985)
Boswarghwan 1575 (Gover, 1948)
Boswarthen 1974 (OS 1974)
Boswarthen 1995 (OS 1995)
English (1)
Cornish (1)