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 Egg Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Boghedon juxta Ekebokelond 1321 Ass

Etymology

is Boghedon juxta Ekebokelond 1321Ass . ' Curved hill , ' v. Bowden supra 37 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement