Bidna
Early-attested site in the Parish of Northam
Historical Forms
- atte Bydene 1330 SR
Etymology
Blomé (44) suggests that in this name we have the OE byden , 'bushel, tub,' used in some topographical sense. This suggestion finds support in two OE examples noted by him. Beedon (Berks) is Byden (BCS 802, 1171), Beden (ib. 866) and is near the head of a long valley. Bidden (Ha) is byden (e ) (KCD 783), and lies in a hollow. From the context it may be the name of a river, now the Whitewater, on which Bidden stands. Bidna itself lies in a hollow. Cf. further Bennah, Betham, infra 430, 398. The corresponding OGer word may possibly be found in the p.n. recorded under Butino in Förstemann (ON i, 654).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Lenwood
- Northam Burrows
- Pitt
- Raleigh
- Marshford
- Watertown
- Silford
- Ashridge
- Botshyde
- Chircombe
- Diddywell
- Durrant
- Hubbastone
- Underborough
- Newquay Ridge