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 Hennock

Historical Forms

  • Boudon 1238 Ass
  • Boghedon(e) 1331 FF 1333 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Boudon 1238Ass (p), Boghedon (e )1331FF , 1333SR (p) . ' Curved hill , ' v. Bowden supra 37 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement