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.
Survey of English place-names
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Bowbeer
Bowbeer
Other OS name in the Parish of Spreyton
Historical Forms
Bobeare
1518–29
ECP5,312
Etymology
is
Bobeare
1518–29 ECP 5, 312 .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Falkedon
Hollycombe
Other OS name
North Beer
Begbeer
Combe
Croft
Week
Downhays
Nethercott
Rugroad
St Cherries
Spreytonwood
Heath
Fuidge
Woodhouse
Major Settlement
Spreyton