Bovingdon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bovingdon
Historical Forms
- Bovyndon c.1200 Miss 1309 Ch 1315 Pat
- Bovendon c.1200 AD 1287,1302 Ass
- Bovindon 1292 Ch 1321 Pat
- Bovedon 1294 ib
- Buvindon c.1200 Miss
- Buvendon(e) t.Hy3 BM 1222 FF
- Bunnendon (sic) 1268 Ch 1308
Etymology
As Bovingdon village lies in a depression in the Chilterns it is difficult to see how it could be described as 'above the down,' from OE bufan dūne , as in Bovingdon (PN Bk 187).The first element is possibly the personal name Bōfa .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Colliers Fm
- Copse Hill Ho
- Cottingham Fm
- Cross Fm
- Hanging Wood and Harts Hill
- Hogspit Bottom
- Jays Hatch
- Kingshill Dell
- Lane Fm
- Longcroft Fm
- Long Meadow
- Mauldens Fm
- Moorend Fm
- Newhall Fm
- Old Dean
- Pocketts Dell
- Rabbit Dell
- Rainhill Dell and Spring
- Shantock Hill
- Sheethanger
- Simon Dean's Wood
- Venus Hill
- Waterlane Fm
- Westbrook Hay
- Whelpley Ash Fm
- Whitehart Cross