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.

Bommertown

Early-attested site in the Parish of Molland

Historical Forms

  • Bouemore 1238 Ass 1249 FF
  • Boghemore 1333 SR
  • Bomore 1523 SR

Etymology

'Marshy land in the curve or bend,' v. mor and cf. Bowden supra 37. For town , v. infra 676.