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Bowstreet Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Henbury

Historical Forms

  • Bowstreetes 1639 Inq
  • Bowsters Lane 1830 M

Etymology

, 1822EnclA , Bowstreetes 1639 Inq, Bowsters Lane 1830 M , probably in the sense ' curving lane ' or ' one with an arched bridge ' , v. boga , strǣt .