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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bower Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • Bowrehill 1565 SheffMan
  • John Bower 1593 ib

Etymology

, Bowrehill 1565SheffMan (also called Foxehill 'then in the tenure of John Bower '1593 ib , v. fox , hyll ) , named from the Bower family ( cf. SheffMan iii,82n ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name