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 Parkham

Historical Forms

  • Bogheton 1330 SR
  • Boghedon 1333 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bogheton 1330SR (p), Boghedon 1333SR (p) . ' Curved hill , ' v. Bowden supra 37 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement