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.

Bowness

Other OS name in the Parish of Bassenthwaite

Historical Forms

  • Bowness 1784 West
  • Bonas 1787 ClarkeM

Etymology

is Bowness 1784 West,Bonas 1787 ClarkeM and is so named from its shape . Cf. Bownesssupra 123 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement