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Bower ( ' ) s Md ( w )

Field in the Parish of Shaftesbury

Historical Forms

  • 1840 TA

Etymology

†Bower(')s Md(w)(cf.Robert Boghier' 1332, Robert Boure 1516)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement