Bowdale
Field in the Parish of Wold Newton
Historical Forms
- 1834 Terrier
- boidale eHy3 Alv eHy2 Alv
- boydale ( furlanges ) eHy3 Alv eHy2 Alv
- Boydale eHy3 Alv eHy2 Alv
- Boydalefurlang eHy3 Alv eHy2 Alv
- furlong called budell 1580 Terrier
- a furlong called Boodale 1668 Terrier
- Bowdale 1671 Terrier 1697 Terrier eHy2 Alv
- Budel Hill 1724 Terrier
- Budale Bottom 1724 Terrier
- Bondesboydale 1214–29 SPNNf
Etymology
Bowdale 1834(boidale,boydale(furlanges), Boydale, Boydalefurlang eHy3(13), 1 furlong called budell 1580, a furlong called Boodale 1668, Bowdale 1671, 1697, 1703, Budel Hill, Budale Bottom 1724; the first el. is OE boi(a), ME boie a boy, aservant', the second deill'a share of land'. The sense of Boi(a) in p.ns. hasalways been considered to be uncertain. However, Dr Insley draws attentionto a comparable f.n. in Nf, Bondesboydale 1214–29(SPNNf 98), in which thefirst el. is the ODan pers.n. Bondi. Here -dole is from OE dāl, the cognateof ON deill. He suggests that perhaps both names boidale and -boydale denote a share or portion of land appropriate to a boy, but not to a man)