Description
Grid reference: SW 362 308
Ecclesiastical parish: St Just in Penwith. Civil parish: St Just.
Tenements or hamlet and mine.
Chronological Sequence
Boshorn, 1297; Bossorn, 1481; Bosshorne, 1588, 1589, 1596; Bosowan, Bosorn, 1699; Bosorn, 1768; Bosorne, 1778, 1780; Bosorn, 1790, 1810; Besorn, 1813; Besorn, Bethorn, 1815; Bethorne, 1817, 1818; Besorn, Bosorn, 1825; Bosorn, 1827; Bosorn, Busorn, 1831; Besorn, 1832; Bosorne, 1845, 1875, 1878, 1883, 1893, 1985, 2005, 2011
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Boshorn : 1297
Bossorn : 1481
Bosshorne : 1588, 1589, 1596
Bosowan : 1699
Bosorn : 1699, 1768, 1790, 1810, 1825, 1827, 1831
Bosorne : 1778, 1780, 1845, 1875, 1878, 1883, 1893, 1985, 2005, 2011
Besorn : 1813, 1815, 1825, 1832
Bethorn : 1815
Bethorne : 1817, 1818
Busorn : 1831
References
Boshorn
Pool, 1985, p40, citing from 1297
Bossorn
Pool, 1985, p40, citing from 1481
Bosshorne
Taylor, 1917-8, p238, citing from 1588 and 1589
Pool, 1985, p40, citing from 1589
Taylor, 1917-8, p277, citing from 1596
Bosowan
Gascoyne, 1699, map
Bosorn
Gascoyne, 1699, gazetteer
CRO, AD766/2, 1768
Bosorne
Of George Hunt.
CRO, FS3/652/9, 1778 (*)
Bosorne Common
CRO, FS3/652/7, 1778 (*)
Bosorne
CRO, AD766/2, 1780
Bosorn
CRO, AD749/6, 1790 and 1810
Besorn
CRO, P95/1/5, 1813
CRO, P95/1/27, 1815
Bethorn
CRO, P95/1/5, 1815
Bethorne
CRO, P95/1/5, 1817 and 1818
Besorn
Bosorn
CRO, P95/1/6, 1825
Bosorn
CRO, P95/1/27, 1827
Bosorn
Busorn
CRO, P95/1/6, 1831
Bosorn
CRO, P95/1/27, 1832
Bosorne
Bosorne Common
Tenements.
CRO, TA/95, 1845
Bosorne New Downs
CRO, P95/1/29, 1875 and 1878
Bosorne
Hamlet.
OS, 6”, LXXIII NW, 1883
Bosorne Mine
Disused tin mine at SW 361 308.
OS, 6”, LXXIII NW, 1883
Bosorne Common
At SW 362 307.
OS, 6”, LXXIII NW, 1883
Bosorne Valley
CRO, P95/1/30, 1893
Bosorne
Pool, 1985, p40
OS, 1:25000, 2005
OS, 1:25000, 2011
Satellite View
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