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BOWDEN/BAWDEN - Cornish form of Baudouin. Place name. Bowden appears in St Neot and Stratton parishes. It doesn't explain what Baudouin is though! Brenda
Interesting! I have Bowdens too - mine came from Jersey to Cornwall (via other places - and, I believe, because of a family connection as yet unproved!). Baudouin is one of the derivations of Bowden - or maybe the other way around! - that comes up when I do searches for Bowden in Jersey.