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.

Bowden

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckfastleigh

Historical Forms

  • Steneneboghedon juxta Bocfasteneslegh 1314 Ass
  • Bowedon 1463 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Steneneboghedon juxta Bocfasteneslegh 1314Ass , Bowedon 1463FF . ' Stony curved hill , ' cf. Bowden and Stenhill supra 37, 160 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement