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.

The Bower

Other OS name in the Parish of Navestock

Historical Forms

le Boure 1542 Rental

Etymology

is le Boure 1542Rental . OE bur , ME boure has none of the poetic associations of the modern bower . It denotes ' habitation, abode . '

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Navestock