Biggleswade
Major Settlement in the Parish of Biggleswade
Historical Forms
- Pichelesuuade 1086 DB
- Bicheleswada 1132 DandCLincA1/1no.2 1202 Ass
- Bic(h)leswade 1175 P 1227 Ass 1227–9 Ch 1229 Cl
- Bikeleswade 1183 P 1202 Ass 1220 LS
- Bickeleswade 1240 Ass 1255 Bodl
- Becleswade 1438 ADiv
- Beklyswade 1480 BM
- Bygelswade 1486 ADii
- Bygleswade 1535 VE
- Biccleswade al. Biggleswade Eliz ChancP
Etymology
'Biccel's ford' v. wæd . This pers. name is not found on independent record in OE but is found in Bigstrup (Bk).It is a diminutive of OE Bicca and has a cognate in OGer Bichilo .