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.

Bowerland

Early-attested site in the Parish of Okehampton and Okehampton Hamlets

Historical Forms

  • La Bourlonde 1292 Ipm
  • Bowrelond 1532 Dartmoor
  • atte Bourlond 1330 SR

Etymology

This is OE  būrland , 'land occupied by peasants,' from būr , 'peasant.'