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.

Bowderbeck

Other OS name in the Parish of Buttermere

Historical Forms

  • bowderbeck 1570 ExchKR
  • Boldebeck, Bolderbeck 1578 Cocker

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is bowderbeck 1570ExchKR , Boldebeck , Bolderbeck 1578Cocker . Probably ' boulder bekkr . '