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.

Bowdin

Other OS name in the Parish of Bideford

Historical Forms

  • Bowdon 1487 Ipm
  • Bowden Greene 1624 Deed

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bowdon 1487 Ipm, Bowden Greene 1624Deed . ' Curvedhill , ' cf. Bowden supra 37 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement