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.

Bowbank

Other OS name in the Parish of Farlam

Historical Forms

  • Bowban(c)k(e) 1597 Border 1610 Naworth
  • the Boobankes 1603 Gilsland

Etymology

is Bowban (c )k (e )1597 Border, 1610Naworth , the Boobankes 1603 Gilsland .