BOSCAWAN, BOSCAWEN, BOSCOAN. From an estate called Boscawenrose in Burian; from bo-scawen-rose, the house in the valley of elders. Busscowen would seem to be the same name.
BOSCREEGE, BUSCREEGE. From bos-creeg, the dwelling by the creek; or bos-cryk, the dwelling by the barrow or hillock.
BOSCUMB. See Buscomb.
BOSENCE. From Bosence in St. Earth; from bo-sents, the saints dwelling.
BOSEUSE. Probably from Bowsawsen. D. Gilbert and others render Tresawsen or Bosawsen, in Perranzabuloe, "the house of the Saxon, or the English town or dwelling." (Zawsen, olim Sausen and Sawsneck, an Englishman.)
BOSHER. Lower thinks Bosher may be the same as Norman Bourchier. If of Cornish origin, the name may be from vos-hir, the long ditch, entrenchment, wall, or fortification. Trevosher or Trevosa is the name of two places in St. Petherwin.
BOSINNEY. From root of Bosithney, q. v.
BOSISTO, BOSISTOW, BOSSISTOW, BOSUSTOW. From the village of Bosistow, in St. Levan; from bo-stoc, the house near the stock of a tree.
BOSITHNEY. From Bossiney, Bosithney, Bosythny, alias Tintagel; from bo-sethe, the house in the bishop's see. (Sithney is the name of a parish in Kerrier hundred.) I do not find this surname, but have been favoured with it. See also Tresithney.
BOSKEA. From bos-kea, the enclosed dwelling; or bos-kè, the dwelling enclosed with a hedge.
BOSKEDNAN. From Boskednan, which Borlase
