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.

Bowdens

Other OS name in the Parish of Melcombe Horsey

Historical Forms

  • Browdon Hill 1774 Hutch1 1870 Hutch3

Etymology

, Browdon Hill 1774 Hutch1, 1870 Hutch3 , the highest part of the par . ( up to 855 ′ ) , probably from brū ' brow, declivity, projecting edge ' and dūn ' hill, down ' .