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.

Bickleton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Instow

Historical Forms

  • Picaltona 1086 DB
  • Bykelton 1281 Ass 1297 Ipm 1330 SR
  • Bikelton 1303 FA

Etymology

Professor Ekwall and Dr Ritter agree in suggesting OE  Bicelantūn , involving a pers. name *Bicela which would be a diminutive of the exceedingly common Devon Bic (c )a (cf. Abbots Bickington infra 124). The DB form must be corrupt.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement