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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bowcote Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of North Nibley

Historical Forms

  • Bollecote c.1250 Berk
  • Bocut 1777 M

Etymology

, Bollecote c. 1250 Berk, Bocut 1777 M , probably ' log hut ' , v. bola , cot , cf. Bowcote (254infra ) .