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.

Bow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • le bowe 1560 ib
  • ye Bow belongeinge to Litle Orton 1671 PR
  • del Bow 1332 SR

Etymology

v. boga .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement