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.

North Bovey

Major Settlement in the Parish of North Bovey

Historical Forms

  • Bovi 1086 DB
  • Northebovy 1199 FF

Etymology

The place lies some miles further up the river than Bovey Tracy supra 466.