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.

Battishill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bridestowe

Historical Forms

  • Batesilla 1086 DB
  • Bateshill 1238 Ass
  • Batteshull 1330 SR 1351 Deed
  • Battishullwode 1351 Deed
  • Batsell 1544 SR

Etymology

'Bætti 's hill,' v. hyll . This pers. name is not on record but would be the strong form of OE  Bata . v. PN Wo 162.