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.

Bowd

Other OS name in the Parish of Harpford

Historical Forms

  • Boghewode 1281 Exon 1330 SR
  • Boghwode 1289 Ass
  • Bowewode 1345 Ass
  • Bowood 1566 DA

Etymology

is Boghewode 1281 Exon, 1330SR (p), Boghwode 1289Ass (p), Bowewode 1345Ass , Bowood 1566 DA 43 . ' Curved wood , ' v. Bowden supra 37 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement