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.

Bowdenhill

Other OS name in the Parish of Brentor

Historical Forms

  • Boghedon 1285 FF
  • Bowedon 1516 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Boghedon 1285 FF, Bowedon 1516Recov . ' Curved hill , ' v. supra 37 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement