Bathe Barton
Early-attested site in the Parish of North Tawton
Historical Forms
- Ba 1281 Ass
- Bathe 1333 SR
- Bath 1635 FF
Etymology
This must be the OE bæþ , 'bath,' cf. Bampton infra 530.There is a Bathe Pool close at hand. Polwhele (19) mentions it in 1790 as 'Bath Pool' in a pit in a field, 8 feet deep.