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.

Bude

Other OS name in the Parish of Plympton St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Bouwode juxta Plympton 1322 Ass
  • Bouewod 1325 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bouwode juxta Plympton 1322Ass , Bouewod 1325Ass . Possibly ' above wood , ' v. s. n. Bowden supra 38 n 2 .