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.

Bowerthy

Other OS name in the Parish of Lapford

Historical Forms

  • Bowewurd 1249 Ass
  • Boweworth 1285 Ipm

Etymology

is Bowewurd 1249Ass (p), Boweworth 1285 Ipm . ' Farmby the curve , ' referring to the contour of the hill here . v. worþig and Bowden supra 37 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement