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.

Bowerhill

Other OS name in the Parish of Melksham

Historical Forms

  • Bowrehill 1741 Recov

Etymology

is Bowrehill 1741Recov . Cf. Bowermede 1540MinAcct , Bowerhill Mead 1597Sadler and infra 424 .