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.

Bowden

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Fleming

Historical Forms

  • Boweton 1392 ADi
  • Bogheton(e) 1333 SR 1390 HMCv,603

Etymology

is Boweton 1392 AD i, Bogheton (e )1333SR (p), 1390HMC v, 603 . ' Farm in or on the curve of land , ' v. Bowdensupra 37 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement