Bovium
Attested: AI iter 2 Bovio
Where: Probably the site at Tilston, Cheshire, SJ453517, found by the Waddeloves (1984) on a road leading to Chester.
Name origin: The name suggests a farm, catering for the fortress, based on Latin, Greek, or Celtic words for ‘cow’.
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Last Edited: 12 August 2016