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.
Survey of English place-names
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Bason
Bason
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradford
Historical Forms
Baddestan
1244
Ass
Baddestone
1249
Ass
Badeston
1333
SR
Bedeston
1330
SR
Etymology
'
Bad
(
d
)
a
's stone.'
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Lashbrook
Dunsland Ho and Cross
Rightadown
Henscott
Other OS name
Flares
Kenneland
Kithill
Middlecott
Priestcott
Stadson
Highstead
Bovacott
Holemoor
Major Settlement
Bradford