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Survey of English Place-Names

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Billinge Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rudheath Lordship

Historical Forms

  • Bellynge 1534–47 Dugd 16 AOMB397
  • Billings Greene 1650 LRMB
  • Billing(e) Greene 1650 Surv 18
  • Billinge Green house 1687 Sheaf

Etymology

Billinge Green (110–677713) [-indʒ] Bellynge (lit. Mellynge ) 1534–47 Dugd, 16AOMB 397, Billings Greene 1650LRMB , Billing (e ) Greene 1650 (18) Surv , Billinge Green house 1687 Sheaf, v. grēne 2 , cf. Billinge Hill 1138.