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.

Bowhill

Other OS name in the Parish of Exeter St Thomas

Historical Forms

Bogehull 1249 Ass

Bouehill 1312 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bogehull 1249Ass (p), Bouehill 1312FF . ' Curvedhill , ' v. supra 37 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

St Thomas