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.

Bidwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Houghton Regis

Historical Forms

  • Budewelle 13th Dunst 1228 FF 1279 RH 1297 SR
  • Bedewelle 1279 RH

Etymology

'Byda's spring' v. wielle and cf. Biddenham supra 26.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement