Boohay
Early-attested site in the Parish of Brixham
Historical Forms
- Lid(d)ewige(s)ton, Ludewycheton c.1200 Torre 15th
- Ledwycheton' 1242 Fees767
- Lydewicheston 1276 Ipm
- Lydewichetton juxta Kyngeswere 1298 Ass
- Ludewithestone 1317 Exon
- Bogheweye 1330 SR 1365 Cl
- Bowehay 1427 IpmR
- Bowhay al. Lethewytston 1545 LP
Etymology
v. tun . Professor Ekwall suggests that the first element is connected with the name Lidwiccas , Lioðwicas used in the ASC for the Bretons. That is an Anglicising of the adj. formed from Latino-British Letavia , 'Brittany,' and found in the Gaulish pers. name Litavicos . It would be used of a settler from Brittany. The later name means 'curved way or track,' v. Bowden supra 37. The road from here to Kings wear has numerous slight turns and twists at this point, v. Addenda, Part ii, xiv.