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.

Bovisand

Other OS name in the Parish of Wembury

Historical Forms

  • Bovey Sand 1765 D

Etymology

is Bouy Sand 1690 Map , Bovey Sand 1765 D .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement