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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bower Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Top & Middle Bower, Bower Pit 1849 TA
  • Bower 1613,1616 SheffMani,126

Etymology

, Top & Middle Bower , Bower Pit 1849TA , probably named from the family ofFrancis Bower (of Ecclesfield) 1613, 1616 SheffMan i, 126 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name