Bowdon Family Name and Heraldry

Genealogists group Bowdon with Bowden.

Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Hill place”. Bowdon is listed among the recognised spellings of Bowden. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Heraldry and the Bowdon name

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