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.

Bowerhayes Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dunkeswell

Historical Forms

  • Bowrehays
  • Bureheghe 1196 Oliver 1206 ClR 1215 Ch
  • Borhaye 1291 Tax

Etymology

v. bur . For hayes , v. supra 129.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement