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.

Boveney

Major Settlement in the Parish of Boveney

Historical Forms

  • Bovenie 1086 DB
  • Boveniae 1086 DB
  • Boueneie 1155 P
  • Buuenia 1189 P
  • Boueneya 1201 FineR
  • Boueneia 1202 Fines
  • Buueneye 1226 Bract

Etymology

Probably OE  bufan -ēge , 'above-island,' for it is just above a small island in the Thames. v. eg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site