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Bowes Green Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Bowhouse 1533 MinAcct 1580 WillY
  • Bowes 1698 YASMd
  • Bowes Garth 1609 FF
  • Boose Green 1840 TA

Etymology

, Bowhouse 1533MinAcct , 1580 WillY, Bowes 1698YAS Md 17, Bowes Garth 1609 FF, Boose Green 1840TA , v. boga ' bow ' ( here ' a curving hillside ' or ' an arch ' ) , hūs , grēne 2 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site