Bossiney

Other current and historical names

Botcinii
Botcinnu

Built-Up Area: Tintagel
Parish/Community: Tintagel
Unitary Authority: Cornwall
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°40'0"N 4°44'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 206560, 88819
OS Grid: SX065888
Mapcode Local: GBR N2.76MF
Mapcode Global: FRA 07Y9.ZMS

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bossiney within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Bossiney in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bossiney, vil., Tintagel par., E. Cornwall, 4 miles NW. of Camelford.

Bossiney in the Domesday Book

A village in Stratton hundred, in the county of Cornwall.

- Overlord in 1066: Canons of Bodmin St Petroc
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Canons of Bodmin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (6 plough lands)
- Pasture: 30 acres
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle

British Place Names

Bossiney, Cornwall

Bossiney is a village in Tintagel, Cornwall

Bossiney in historic gazetteers

Bossiney in the Domesday Book