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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bickley Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Hanham Abbots

Historical Forms

  • Bykley 1575 TRMB

Etymology

, Bykley 1575TRMB , ' bees' nest clearing ' , v. bīc , lēah , or the OE  pers.n. Bica .