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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bowers Lye

Other OS name in the Parish of Cam

Historical Forms

  • Bourslye 1409 FF
  • Bower 1585 PR
  • Bower 1623 ib

Etymology

, Bourslye 1409FF , cf. Bowers mylle 1575TRMB , from the surname Bower , which continued in use locally in such surns . as Alice Bower 1585 PR 8, 108, Edmund Bower 1623 ib 113, etc. , v. lēah .