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.

Bowda

Other OS name in the Parish of North Bovey

Historical Forms

  • Boghewode 1330 SR
  • Bowode 1396 Cl

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Boghewode 1330SR (p), Bowode 1396 Cl . ' Curvedor bow-shaped wood , ' cf. Buda supra 96 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement