Badgworthy Cottage and Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Brendon
Historical Forms
- Bicheordin 1086 DB
- Bikeweithe (sic) 1198 FF
- Bikewrthi 1199 ChR 1301 Ipm
- Bykewurth, Bykeworth(y), Bygworthy 1379 Cl
- Bigworthy 1379 IpmR
- Baggeworth, Baga Wordia 12th Buckland
- Baggeworth(i) 1244,1289 Ass
- Baggeworthy 1425 MinAcct
- Bagewurth 1249 Ass
- Batchery 1651 DA
Etymology
The second element in this name is worþign, worþ or worþig .There seems from the earliest times to have been fluctuation between forms going back to a pers. name Bic (c )a (cf. Bickington infra 124) and a pers. name Bacga (cf. Bagga Tor infra 232). Both names are very common in Devon. How the confusion first arose we cannot say. Sometimes the k of Bikke was voiced to g and this may have helped the confusion. Later, [g] > [dʒ] in quite irregular fashion.