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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Bigshotte Rayles, Bigshotte School

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wokingham Without

Historical Forms

  • Bygshotte Walke and Rayles l.16th ArchJ
  • Bigshott Walke 1607 Norden
  • Begshot Walk 1700 Finchampstead
  • Bigshot Rails or Bagshot 1761 Rocque
  • Bigshot Lodge 1790 Pride

Etymology

Bigshotte Rayles, Bigshotte School, Bygshotte Walke and Rayles l.16th ArchJ 36, Bigshott Walke 1607Norden , Begshot Walk 1700 Finchampstead, Bigshot Rails or Bagshot 1761 Rocque, Bigshot Lodge 1790 Pride. The second el. is scēat 'projection of land'. The first might be the personal name Bicga , v. Bigfrith (60). For Rayles cf. Rayles Lane infra .