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.

Bower Point

Other OS name in the Parish of Arne

Historical Forms

  • Bowerpoint 1811 OS

Etymology

, Bowerpoint 1811 OS , probably būr 1 ' cottage ' , v. point , but perhaps the surname Bower .