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 Moretonhampstead

Historical Forms

  • Bughadun 12th StNicholas
  • Bowedon 1384 FF
  • Boghedon 1415 Ass
  • Boughdon 1496 Ipm

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bughadun 12thSt Nicholas , Bowedon 1384FF ,Boghedon 1415Ass , Boughdon 1496 Ipm . ' Curved, bow-shaped hill , ' v. supra 37 .