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.

Bower Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ramsbury

Etymology

Bower Wood (6″) is Bourwode t. Ed 1, haya voc ' Boure t. Ed 2For . The forms are too late for any certain suggestion to be possible. The first element may be bur , 'dwelling,' or (ge)bur, 'peasant,' cf. infra 424.