Battlesden
Major Settlement in the Parish of Battlesden
Historical Forms
- Badelestone 1086 DB 1227 Ass 1276 Ass 1315 Ipm
- Badelesdone 1086 DB 1152–8,1155,1160–5 NLC 1179 BM 1227 Ass 1247 FF 1287 Ass 1292 Ch 1302 FA 1314 Cl 1316 FA 1361 Cl 1397,1399 ADi
- Badelesdun c.1160 GestStAlb 14th LS 1220 Dunst 13th
- Badelesden 1227 Ass 1276,1287 Ass
- Baddelesdon 1242 Fees867
- Badlesdon(e) 1247 FF 1346 FA 1348 Ipm 1361 Cl
- Batlesden 1254 FF 1287 Ass 1428 FA
- Battlisden 1257 Ch
- Baddesdon 1284 FA
- Badlesden 1287 Ass
- Baddelesden 1287 Ass
- Batelesdon 1347 Cl 1348 Ipm
- Badleston 1348 Ipm 1391 IpmR
- Bat(t)elesden 1389 IpmR 1489 Ipm
- Badlysdene 1390–2 CS
- Badlysden 1526 LS
- Batellesden 1535 VE
Etymology
The existence of an OE pers. name Badel (a ), a diminutive of the recorded name Bada , is made certain by the p.n. Badelanbroc (KCD 715) and by Badlingham (C). The present name, therefore, means 'Badel's hill,' v. dun . The strong form Badel occurs again in Badlesmere (K). Sound dissimilation has done its best with this name, leading sometimes to a suffix -ton and later to a prefix Batel -.
Places in the same Parish
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