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 Mill

Early-attested site in the Parish of High Wycombe

Historical Forms

  • Bughendune c.1215 Miss 14th

Etymology

OE  Bugan-dun , 'Buga's hill,' v . dun. Cf. Bowden (Nt, Lei).