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.

Bower

Other OS name in the Parish of Handsworth

Historical Forms

  • terra de Camera Hy3 BM
  • le Bour(e) 1276 RH 1306–66 YDii,253 1366 BM
  • la Bourefeld 1398 YDxii,299

Etymology

( lost ) , terra de Camera Hy 3 BM, le Bour (e )1276 RH, 1306–66 YD ii, 253, 1366 BM, la Bourefeld 1398 YD xii, 299 , v. būr 1 ' acottage, a dwelling ' .