Description
Grid reference: SX 32 92
Ecclesiastical parish. In the Archdeaconry of Cornwall until 1878 and thereafter in the Archdeaconry of Bodmin. Deanery of Trigg Major. The parish is a United Benefice with North Tamerton and Werrington with St Giles in the Heath and Virginstow.
Hundred of Stratton. Boyton and Northcott civil parishes.
Chronological Sequence
Boietone, Boiatona, Boietona, 1086; Boitona, 1159-81; Boiton, c.1209-14; Boitona, Boithun, 1225; Boiton, c.1242; Boytun, c.1244-66; Boiton, 1275; Boytone, 1291; Boyton, 1672, 1814, 1884, 1948, 1980, 1997, 2009
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Boietone : 1086
Boietona : 1086
Boiatona : 1086
Boitona : 1159-81, 1225
Boiton : c.1209-14, c.1242, 1275
Boithun : 1225
Boytun : c.1244-66
Boytone : 1291
Boyton : 1672, 1814, 1884, 1899, 1948, 1980, 1997, 2009
References
Boietone
Maxwell, 1986, p5, citing from Exchequer DB, f121 and f123, 1086
Boietona
Maxwell, 1986, p5, citing from Exeter DB, f181v and f508r, 1086
Boiatona
Maxwell, 1986, p5, citing from Exeter DB, f232v, 1086
capellam de Boitona
Hull, 1987, p6, §6, citing from LP, MS 719, mid 15th c, f8r-f9r, citing from 1159-81
Boiton
Given in the personal name Odo de Boiton.
Hull, 1987, p29, §65, citing from LP, MS 719, mid 15th c, f31v-f32r, citing from c.1209-14
Boitona
Parisius.
Hull, 1987, p41, §98, citing from LP, MS 719, mid 15th c, f43r-f43v, citing from 1225
chapel of Boithun
Hull, 1987, p41, §98, citing from LP, MS 719, mid 15th c, f43r-f43v, citing from 1225
Boiton
Hull, 1987, p29, §64, citing from LP, MS 719, mid 15th c, f31v, citing from c.1242
Boytun
Hull, 1987, p55, §138, citing from LP, MS 719, mid 15th c, f59r, citing from c.1244-66
Boiton
Given in the personal name of Richard de Boiton, chaplain.
Hull, 1987, p88, §225, citing from LP, MS 719, mid 15th c, f93r-f93v, citing from 1275
Capella de Boytone
In the Decanatus de Major Trigeschire.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p472, citing from 1291
Boyton
Donaldson, 1902, p373, citing from 1672
In the deanery of Trigg-Major
Lysons and Lysons, 1814, p39
Redding, 1842, p20
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1623
Gover, 1948, p1
Youngs, 1980, pp59, 78, 91
A United Benefice with North Tamerton and Werrington with St Giles in the Heath and Virginstow. Population in 1989 was 283.
TDD, 1997, p18
Population 378.
TDD, 2009, p39