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.

Beatrix

Early-attested site in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • Batherarghes 1343 MinAcct
  • Batharar(s) 1367,l.14 Kirkst
  • Bateray 1423 MinAcct
  • Batt(e)resse in Bolland 1579,1585 WillY
  • Baytricks 1817 M
  • Batterax 1822 Langd

Etymology

Beatrix, Batherarghes 1343MinAcct , Batharar (s )1367, l. 14 Kirkst, Bateray 1423MinAcct , Batt (e )resse in Bolland 1579, 1585 WillY, Baytricks 1817 M, Batterax 1822 Langd. 'Bather's shielings', from an ON  pers.n. Bǫðvarr (as in Battersby 204supra ) and erg ; cf. Introd. and Phonol. § 43.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name