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.

Baslow

Major Settlement in the Parish of Baslow and Bubnell

Historical Forms

  • Basselau 1086 DB
  • Basselawa, Basselawe 1156,1158 P 1302 FA
  • Bassalawa 1157 P
  • Basselewe 1215 ClR 1346 FA
  • Basselow(e), Basselou(u)e, Basselouwe 1215 LichChart 1252 Ch 1460 DbAxxiii
  • Baslow(e) 1392 Pat 1424 Cl

Etymology

'Bassa's burial mound', v. hlāw , cf. the lost Basselawe (PN BedHu 298).