Bixhead Quarries, Bixlade
Early-attested site in the Parish of West Dean
Historical Forms
- querr' apud Bykeshed 1435 MinAcct
- Bykeshad' 1437 ib
- Beckshead als. Bickshead 1622 Dep
- Bixhead Quar 1669 Comm
- Bickesheadeslad, Bickslad 1655 Comm
- Bic Slade 1830 M
Etymology
Bixhead Quarries, Bixlade, querr ' apud Bykeshed 1435MinAcct , Bykeshad '1437 ib, Beckshead als. Bickshead 1622Dep , Bixhead Quar 1669Comm , and Bickesheadeslad , Bickslad 1655Comm , Bic Slade 1830 M.Probably 'valley head where box-trees grew' (v. byxe , hēafod ), as a pers.n. Bic is not known. Bixlade contains Bixhead as its first el. and OE slæd 'valley'.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Berry Hill
- Bleek's Vallets
- Blind Meend
- Bream's Eaves
- Bream's Meend
- Buckholt Inclosure
- Cannop (Brook)
- Coverham Inclosure
- Hangerberry (Inclosure)
- Hoarthorns Fm
- Moseley, Moseley Green, Moseleys Ford
- Oakwood Bottom & Oakwood Hill
- Whitemead Park
- York Hill, Yorkley
Other OS name
- Acorn Patch
- Bailey Hill
- Barnhill Lodge
- Birch Hill
- Black Hole
- Blackpennywall Green & Blackpennywall Well
- Bostonbury Hill
- Great Boarts Inclosures & Little Boarts Inclosures, Bourts Well
- Brandrick's Green
- Bream Cross & Bream Tufts
- Bridewell Tump
- Bromley Hill & Bromley Inclosure
- Brookway Ditch
- Carterspiece
- Cattle's Cross
- Church Hill
- Clearwell Meend
- Cleave Hill
- Clementsend Green
- Coalway Lane
- Cockshoot Wood
- Coleford Meend
- Crabtree Pool
- Cradocks Stone(lost)
- Danby Lodge
- Dark Hill
- Deadman's Cross
- Dean Pool
- The Delves
- Dry Brook
- Dwarf Holes
- Eastbach Meend
- Ellwall
- Ellwood
- Fairmoor Green
- Fetter Hill
- Five Acres
- Fog Green Well
- Fox Berrys
- Gosty Knoll
- Gout Green
- Hang Hill
- Hay End
- Hooper's Pool
- Hopewell
- Horwell Hill
- Howbeech
- Howlers Hill & Howlers Slade
- Ivymoor Head
- Jack of the Yat
- Joyford
- Kidnalls
- Knockley
- Leech Pool
- The Lonk
- Lumbers Marsh
- Mapleford
- Maple Hill
- The Marsh
- Mile End
- Milkwall
- Mill Hill
- Miry Stock
- Nagshead Hill
- New Mills
- Newnham Ridge
- Ninewells
- Oakenhill Wood
- Oldcroft
- Parkend
- Parkend Bridge & Parkend Walk
- Park Hill
- Perch Inclosure
- Phelp's Meadow
- Phipp's Bottom
- Pillowell
- Purples Hill & Purples Tump
- Quest Slade
- Redinhorne
- Ruddle Marsh
- Rudge Hill
- Russell's Bank & Russell's Inclosure
- Sallow Vallets
- Shaden Tuft
- Shutcastle Inclosure
- Slade
- Stone Edge
- Stony Hill Green
- Tomlin (Well)
- Tuft Beeches
- Valletts Wood
- Wallsend
- Wet Wood
- Whitecroft
- Whitelea Green
- White Oak
- Wimberry Bottom & Wimberry Slade
- Winnell
- Worcester Lodge & Worcester Walk
- Worrall Hill
- Wort Hill
- Yorkley Slade
- York Lodge
- Ellwood Inclosure