BLETSHO. From bleit-tshei, the dwelling of the wolf; or bledzhan, a flower-blossom. A correspondent suggests that the name may have been corrupted from that of Bolitho.
BOADEN. See Bawden.
BOAS, BOAZ. See Vose.
BOCARNE. From Bocarne in Bodmin, which Hals renders cows, kine, cattle, and white spar-stones, comparatively rocks! but the name is rather from bo-carne, the dwelling on or by the rocks; Boscarne would seem to be the same name.
BOCHYM. "At the time of Domesday (1087) the district of Cury or Curye was taxed under the jurisdiction of Büchent, now Bochym, i. e. the cow, kine, or cattle house or lodge, which place gave name and origin to an old family of gentlemen, surnamed de Bochym, temp. Henry VIII., who were lords of this manor and barton, till such time as John Bochym, tem. Edward VI., entered into actual rebellion against that prince....The arms of Bochym were, Argent, on a chief Sable, three mullets pierced of the Field" (Hals). Pryce also renders the local name Bochim, the oxen-house. It may also be derived from bo-cheim, the house on the ridge of the hill or promontory. Cf. Trekein in Creed, the dwelling on the ridge.
BOCONNOCK. From Boconnoc in West hundred. Hals says, "For the compound name Boconnoc, it is taken from the barton and manor of land still extant there, with reference to the beasts that depastured thereon, and signifies prosperous, successful, thriving, cows, kine, or cattle"! Tonkin says Bo-con-oke is Gaulish-Saxon, and signifies the town or village of Stunt Oke. The name is rather from bo-gonock, the downy place.
