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Survey of English Place-Names

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( Little ) Bowhays

Field in the Parish of Wyke Regis

Historical Forms

  • 1841 TA
  • above Hays 1582 Ilch

Etymology

(Little) Bowhays(above Hays 1582(18),v. bufan,(ge)hæg, cf. prec.)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement