English Place-name Society

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.

Bidlake

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bridestowe

Historical Forms

  • Bydelak(e) 1238,1270 Ass 1296 Ass 1306 FF
  • Westera Bydelak(e) 1330 Ass
  • Biddelake 1333 SR
  • Byddelake 1428 FA

Etymology

'Bid (d )a 's streamlet,' v. lacu . Alternatively Byde may be a stream-name, cf. Bidwell infra 410.

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