Great Bowden
Major Settlement in the Parish of Market Harborough
Historical Forms
- Bugedone 1086 DB
- Bugedon' 1180×1200 MktHPR 1203 FF 1205 ClR 1224 RHug
- Bugedona 1175 P 1208 ChR
- Bugedun(e) l.Hy2 BM 1199 FF 1228 RHug
- Buggedon' 1173,1174 P 1227 Fees
- Buggedone 1209x19,1228 RHug
- Buggedona 1209×19 ib
- Buggedun 1210 GildR
- Bughedon' 1220 Fees 1229,1234,1237 Cl 1247 Fees
- Bugendon' 1188 P 1200 Cur
- Buggendon 1199 FF
- Buggeden(e) 1174 ChancR 1179 P 1214,1215 et freq
- Bugeden' 1203,1204 1237 RGros
- Buggenden' 1180 ChancR 1180(p),1181 P 1196 ChancR
- Buedon(e) 1202 Ass 1230 ChancR 1242 ClR
- Buwedon' 1230,1242 P 1247,1249 RGros
- Budon' 1234 Cl 1247 Fine 1290,1292 OSut
- Budun' 1252,1265 Pat
- Boudon' 1220 MHW a.1250 MktHPR 1343,1344 1514 Wyg
- Boudun 1251 Cl 1252 Lib
- Bowedon' 1415,1416 Pat 1471,1481 MktHPR
- Bowdon' 1416,1425 MktHPR 1523,1528 Wyg 1576 Saxton 1577 LEpis
- Bowden 1444 MktHPR 1497 Wyg 1522,1523 Wyg
- Magna ~ 1180×1200 MktHPR 1204 Cur
- ~ Magna 1331,1344 MktHPR 1479,1480 et passim
- Mikell ~ 1467×72 ECP
- Mekell ~ 1483 MktHPR
- Much ~ 1486×1515 ECP 1523 Wyg
- Meche ~ 1500 MktHPR
- Mich ~ 1508 ib
- Mych(e) ~ 1516,1518 1530 1543 BM
- Moch(e) ~ 1520,1522 MktHPR
- Gret(t) ~ 1515,1520 MktHPR 1528 et passim
- Great(e) ~ 1522 Wyg 1547 Chap 1610 Speed
Etymology
Either 'Buga's hill' or 'Bucga's (Bugga's) hill', v. dūn . Buga (Redin 74) is an OE masc. pers.n., while Bucga (alternative form Bugga , Searle 119) is fem., in each case the -en - and -un - of some p.n. forms being survivals of a gen.sg. inflexion -an . Ekwall DEPN, s. n. Bowden, Great & Little, styles the OE masc. pers.n. as Būga and the fem. pers.n. as Bucge . A series of early spellings represents the generic as from OE denu 'a valley', presumably with reference to that of the river Welland which flows beside Bowden, while later spellings suggest a reforming of the name as if from OE *boga -dūn , where boga is used in its topographically extended sense 'something curved', hence 'a curving hill or hill-side'.
For the affixes, v. mikill , muche , grēat . Note also MLat magna 'big, large'.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Bowling Green
- Burnmill Ho
- Cattle Market
- Church of St Dionysius
- Church Square
- Congregational Church
- Corn Exchange
- Fair Lawn
- Highfield Ho
- Hillcrest Fm
- Lubenham Hill
- Market Harborough Station
- Market Place
- Mill Hill
- Mill Mound
- The Mount, The Mount Cottage
- Stone Ho
- Union Row
- Welland Park
- Burnmill Hill
- Church of St Peter and St Paul
- Church of St Mary in Arden
- Dingley Rd
- Gallow Lodge
- The Grange
- Great Bowden Hall
- Green Ford
- Green Lane
- Knight's End
- Leicester Lane
- Manor Rd
- Old Rectory Ho
- St Mary's Bridge
- Tin House Fm
- Top Yard Fm
- Upper Green Place
- Welham Rd
- White Lodge
- Bellfields Lane
- Braybrooke rd
- Clack Hill
- Gores Lane
- Greyhound
- Kettering Rd
- Little Bowden Lodge Fm, Little Bowden Fm
- Old Hall
- Queen St
- Rectory Lane
- St Nicholas's Church
- Scotland End
- Westbrooke Ho
Early-attested site
Major Settlement
Field
- Balls Cl
- Barnscroft
- Bassetts Cl
- Bottom Ground
- Buckby 's Lane
- Bush Cl
- Cheesecake Piece Furlong
- Clark 's Cl
- Dexter Slade
- Dimigate
- the East Fd
- Far Cl
- The Five Acre Mdw
- The Folly Pond Folly Seeds
- Foxes Lane
- Gallow Cl
- Nether Green
- Hassocks
- Hay Mdw
- Long Hollows
- Horse Slade
- House Cl
- Junction Cl
- Kestens Cl Keston 's Mdw Little Kestins
- Langton Town Land
- Leicester Land
- Little Mdw
- Meeting Pit Cl
- The Nine Acre Mdw
- New Seeds
- Potters Croft
- Saddingtons Cl
- The Slip
- Smith 's Mdw
- the South Fd
- Stalland Leys
- Stanfurlong
- Sutton Bridge Cl
- Tipsall Cl
- Towcroft Little Tow Croft Mdw
- Way Post
- White Bridge
- Willowsgate Little Willowsgate
- the Acres hades
- Adams yard
- Banham
- Banlond
- Birdes lane
- Blakeland ( e ) s
- Bosworth mill way
- Bowghton
- Branlands
- le Breche
- le Brest ( e )
- broadbalke
- Broddole
- Brownefurlonge
- Buckwell
- Cattes butts
- Cergates
- Chapelenesthing
- Clarkes goare
- Cleypole
- Colpitacur
- Colsis Quick
- Comyn ' Marlepyttes
- John Cook ( e ) s furlong
- Coomes
- Coops land
- Corts stile
- le cowle
- the Cow pasture
- Cranesworth
- Crowethorn ( e ) hyll
- iuxta Crucem
- Dolecroft
- Duehooke
- Dunningtons land
- Edwards his peece
- Efilde
- Fargatys
- Ferrars lane
- Fidelliswonge
- Foxtonegate
- fulforth
- Fullwell
- Gasewell
- le gatemyll '
- the Gibb
- Gilbertes Slade
- Goodinges oxe
- le Gore
- Gosacur
- le Gosse lands
- Grannam Narrow ( e )
- gravill pitts
- Grimesholme
- le Grygges
- Grymyswong '
- Gunesbroke
- Hachey
- les Hadys
- Harpers gate
- Hauerberghemore
- the Hay
- le Hayeleyis
- Helthirne
- Heyford
- High gates
- Longe hilrene
- Hogges balk ( e )
- Holebergh
- hyllyngesplott
- Hun ( n ) ies balke
- Jonsty
- kirk ( e ) gates
- le kylnyerde
- kyngestirne
- Laconwell
- Lakefurlong
- Lambersicke
- langtonbarowe
- Larchwell
- large bridg
- Larin hoks
- le leywong
- Leighfield
- Littlebarow
- Little slad
- Lobenhambrok
- Long lane close
- the Lords close
- lygard
- lyttylbergh
- Lyttylhill
- Maynardesholm
- Midillfurlonge Weste
- Mikelbergh
- Millholme
- at More
- Musfurlong
- Myllegat '
- the neather fyeld
- Le Northfeld
- Onowh
- Ouergyfloke
- Ouertoftys
- The Over field
- Packs myll
- Paddockes peece
- Pallmers land
- parcis de Bugeden '
- Parkers Willows
- the Parsonage Land
- the Pastor furlong
- le Patched close
- Patrick
- Paynesgore
- Penytherne
- Poles Slade
- Portegate
- Pyllokesholme
- Pylwelfurlonge
- the far ( r ) quick ( e ) sett
- Nethir rademylde
- Rokhyll
- roundford
- Round hill
- Russhygore
- against St Maries Church gate
- Sand ( e ) furlong
- Sandpitts
- Sek ( e ) furlong
- Seuenewell
- Sherwoodes land
- Shortwonge
- Shuflebrode
- Sikegate
- the slide
- Smalthornes
- Snakesyke
- Snayllewelle
- Sowtorp '
- Stanhill
- Stanyhull
- the Stepping Stones
- Stockefurlonge
- Stonland
- Stretefurlonge
- Nether Sty
- Tagyllisdyke
- targett
- le Thwong
- Tonghill
- le Tudges land
- twardolys
- Tymcrosse
- the Upper fyeld
- Wakelopittes
- Warpars
- Wassford
- le Waterlakes
- Welles Close
- le West Ende
- West Felde
- Westwell
- Whildik '
- le Whiteston
- Whittersikk
- Wikmedow
- Windoles peece
- Wineworth
- Wranglondis
- Wyllerspyttis
- Yngbarowefelde