Badbury Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Great and Little Coxwell
Historical Forms
- Badbery Hill 1539 CourtR
- Badbury Hill 1710 PubLib
- Badburrow Hill 1761 Rocque
Etymology
Badbury Hill (in Great Coxwell), Badbery Hill 1539CourtR , Badbury Hill 1710PubLib , Badburrow Hill 1761 Rocque. The forms are late, but this is probably one of a group of names, comprising Badbury in Do and W, Badby Nth and Baumber L, all apparently meaning 'Badda's burh', and in four cases, of which this is one, referring to prehistoric hill-forts. Another example is mentioned in The Agricultural History Review 16 Pt 11 (1968), p. 93, where E. A. Pocock says that a f.n. Badbury in Clanfield O refers to an ancient enclosure visible in air photographs. Ekwall (DEPN) suggests that Badda may have been a legendary hero, associated with ancient camps. It is possible, however, that the first el. of all these names is pre-English. Mons Badonicus , the unidentified site of the battle of c. 500, may be a pre-English name of similar form.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Badbury Clump, Badburyhill Copse and Badburyhill Fm
- Black Furlong Barns
- Bury Hill
- Buryhill Copse
- Chowle Cottages
- Cock Well, Cockwell Lane
- Court House Fm
- Coxwell Ho
- Coxwell Wd
- Furzehill Barn
- Galley Hill
- Gipsey Lane
- Gorse Fm
- Great Barn
- Ham Copses
- Little Coxwell Furze, Little Coxwellfurze Hill
- Oakfield
- Oak Wd
- Onetree Hill
- Rowleaze Wd
- Royal Oak P.H.
- Smallgains Copse
- Steeds Fm
- Turfpit Copse
- Turpin's Basin
- Warren Copse
- Wood Ho
- Woodacre Wd