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.

Battishorne

Early-attested site in the Parish of Honiton

Historical Forms

  • Battesthorne 1238 Ass
  • Batthestorn 1253 Ipm
  • Batesthorn 1254 Ipm 1373 FF
  • Badesthorn' 1255 Ipm
  • Bettesthorn 1361 Ipm

Etymology

'Bætti 's thorntree,' cf. Battishill supra 177.