Bowood
Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsham
Historical Forms
- Westeraboue Wode t.Ed1 DA
Etymology
is Westeraboue Wode t. Ed 1 DA 33 . As noted above ( 38 n. 2 ) this may be ' (the more westerly place) above thewood . ' For the comparative wester cf. Norton supra 78 .