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 Yarnscombe

Historical Forms

  • Boghewode 1330 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Boghewode 1330SR (p) . ' Curved wood , ' v. supra 37 s. n. Bowden .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement