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.

Bowthwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Bowlhead in Selside 1631 PR(K)
  • Bowett 1836 KCR

Etymology

, 1823 M , Bowlhead in Selside 1631 PR(K), Bowett 1836KCR .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name