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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.

Eastbowers, Westbowers

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woodham Walter

Historical Forms

  • atte Boure 1327 SR

Etymology

Eastbowers, Westbowers. Cf. Bowres 1471 EAS ix. Near here was the home of George atte Boure (1327SR ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name