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.

Bowlish

Other OS name in the Parish of Whitestone

Historical Forms

  • Bollishe t.Jas1 ECP

Etymology

is Bollishe t. Jas 1 ECP . Possibly the name contains the word hiwisc , cf. Mowlish infra 500 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement