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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bowden Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burbage

Historical Forms

  • Bowden t.Ed6 WMxv
  • Bowden otherwise Bowden Fitzwarrens 1626 WIpm

Etymology

Bowden Fm is Bowden t. Ed 6 WM xv, Bowden otherwise Bowden Fitzwarrens 1626 WIpm. Cf. Bowedonesgrove 1257For . It stands on a rounded hill so possibly we have a compound of boga , 'curve, bow,' and dun as in the numerous Devon examples of Bowden (PN D 37).