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.

Bovey Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beer

Historical Forms

  • Bouy 1270 FF
  • Bovegh 1438 Exon

Etymology

As there is no stream here, the name may be of manorial origin deriving from a man who came from Bovey supra 466.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement