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.

Wall Bowers

Other OS name in the Parish of Waterhead

Historical Forms

  • the walle Bowers 1589 ExchKR
  • Wallboar 1724 PR(Laner)
  • Wallbours 1794 H

Etymology

is the walle Bowers 1589ExchKR , Wallboar 1724 PR(Laner), Wallbours 1794 H . It lies by the Roman Wall .

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