Bosorne (EN) / Boshorn (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Just
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

bos

Meaning: 
dwelling

horn

Meaning: 
iron
Elements notes: 
bos 'dwelling' + horn (personal name Old Welsh Hoern, British isarno-s = ‘iron’)
Historic forms: 
Boshorn 1297, 1306, 1310, 1313, Bossorn 1481, Bosshorne 1589, Bossowen 1794, Bojorn 1841, Bosorn 1842