Bigs Weir
Early-attested site in the Parish of St Briavels
Historical Forms
- Bykeleswerr', Bykeleswere 1305,15,1436,1437 MinAcct
- Bikeswere 1315 Pat 1322 Cl
- Bykiswere 1485–1500 ECP
- Bygge Were 1611 FF
- Bigsweir 1777 Will
Etymology
'Biccel's weir', v. wer (here one in the R. Wye). The pers.n. is an unrecorded OE Biccel found also in Biggleswade (Bd 101) and Bigstrup (Bk 161).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Aylesmore Brook & Aylesmore Court
- Bearse Common & Bearse Fm
- Coed-Ithel Weir
- The Hudnalls
- Lower Meend
- Mork, Mork Brook, Mork Hill
- Rodmore
- Stowe
- Willsbury
- Wyegate Hill
- Wyeseal Wood
Other OS name
- Allen's Grove
- Aydon
- Batmore Hill
- Bearse Roughet
- Birchfield Ho
- Boose Wood
- Bushyard Barn
- Castle Orchard
- Chapel Hay
- Church End
- Cinderhill Fm
- Close Turf
- Coldharbour
- Coppers Green
- Cop Well
- Dark Hill
- Dunkilns
- The Fence
- The Fields
- Floraworth
- Forest Fence
- Ghyll Ho
- The Gooselease
- Grove Ho
- Gumbers Land Barn
- Hampden
- Harpfield
- Hathaway Barn
- Highgrove
- Hoggins Fm
- Hollow Marsh
- Honeyfield Barn
- Kear's Grove
- Knoll Fm
- The Langett
- Leys Hill
- Lindors Fm
- Long Stone
- Lord's Grove
- Meg's Folly
- Mill Wood
- Mocking Hazel Wood
- The Nedge, Nedge Cop
- New Weir
- Oak Grove
- Orles Wood
- Park Barn
- Peaty Marsh
- Picket Hill
- Pickingtree Barn
- Quarry Grove
- Red Hill Grove
- Ridingstream Weir
- Roads Fm
- St Briavels Castle
- St Briavels Common
- St Margaret's Chapel, St Margaret's Grove & St Margaret's Well
- Shepherdfield Barn
- Sittinggreen
- Slade Bottom & Slade Wood
- Tilthams Tump
- The Tuffs
- Tyersall
- Tyrie
- Upcot
- Victuals Grove
- White Pool
- Willscroft Wood
- Woodroyd
- Wycholme