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 Ilfracombe

Historical Forms

  • Northbughedon 1262 FF
  • Lyttell Bowdon 1503 Ipm

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Northbughedon 1262 FF, Lyttell Bowdon 1503 Ipm . v. Bowden supra 37 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement