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.

Battisford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Plympton St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Botesforda 1086 DB
  • Bottesford 1245 Ipm 1311 Ass 1392 IpmR
  • Botelesforde 1295 FF

Etymology

'Bott (e )'s ford,' Bott (e ) being the strong form of the OE  pers. name Botta . The 1295 form seems to point to an l -derivative of the same name.