English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Bowley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cadbury

Historical Forms

  • Bovelia 1086 DB
  • Bovelegh 1485 Ipm
  • Bogeleg' 1212 Fees96 1224–44 Exon
  • Boghelee c.1250 StNicholas
  • Boghaleg 1279 Ipm

Etymology

'Curved leah,' v. Bowden supra 37.

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Places in the same Parish