Bowl's Barrow
Early-attested site in the Parish of Heytesbury
Historical Forms
- bodelusburgʒe 968 BCS1215 15th
- Bothelesbergh 1348 Cor
- Boulsborough 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
Bowl's Barrow is so named in 1773 (A and D) and is the bodelusburgʒe of 968 (15th) BCS 1215, Bothelesbergh 1348Cor , Boulsborough 1675 Ogilby. 'Bodel 's barrow,' v. beorg . The personal name Boda is on record. This would be a diminutive form of it. Cf. OGer Bodilo , Bodila (Förstemann, PN 322).