English Place-name Society

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.

Bowes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Edmonton

Historical Forms

  • Bowes 1396 StPaulsMSS
  • manor of Bowes 1412 FF
  • Arcubus 1274 Ass

Etymology

Bowes is Bowes 1396 StPaulsMSS, manor of Bowes 1412 FF and is probably to be associated with the family of John de Arcubus (1274Ass ), the name being of manorial origin. Cf. Bowes (PN NRY 304).