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Summary

Bowerwood was possibly once Bowode which is documented in 1495. The farm appears to have been remodelled in the second half of the 19th century. The names of the farm buildings marked on current mapping suggest that they have been converted.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMSTEAD (First mentioned, XV - 1495 AD to 1495 AD)

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Bowerwood marked comprising an L-shaped building with a large three sided range of farm buildings adjoining to the east, the open side of the latter facing west.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Bowerwood marked. Comparison with the Tithe Map shows the farmstead to have been largely rebuilt. The L-shaped building appears to have been enlarged and another building built adjoining to the east, while the three sided range has been replaced by another three sided range to the south, the open side facing north. A well is also marked in the north-west corner of the field or paddock to the north.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1932, The Place-Names of Devon: Part Two, 558 (Monograph). SDV337894.

Bowerwood may be Bowode which is documented in 1495.

Beacham, P., 1980s, Broadhembury and Gittisham Project, Slide 16 (Un-published). SDV348235.

Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

The names of the farm buildings suggest that they have largely been converted.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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