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.

Boughmore

Other OS name in the Parish of Sidmouth

Historical Forms

  • Bogmore 1267 Oliver
  • Boghemore 1351 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bogmore 1267 Oliver259, Boghemore 1351Ass . ' Curved mor , ' v. Bowden andBommertown supra 37, 343 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement