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.

Biggerside

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Bigger…, Biggerset 1625,1626 PR
  • Bigherset 1630 ib
  • Biggarsid 1650 ib

Etymology

, Bigger …, Biggerset 1625, 1626 PR, Bigherset 1630 ib, Biggarsid 1650 ib , possibly ' barley farm ' , v. bygg , erg , and sǣtr ' shieling ' , cf. Biggar La205 .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

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