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.

Bickford Town

Early-attested site in the Parish of Plympton St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Bicheforda 1086 DB
  • Bykeford 1242 Fees788 1340 Ipm
  • Byckfordetoune 1571 SR

Etymology

'Bi (c )ca 's ford.' v. Abbots Bickington supra 124. For the addition of 'town,' v. infra 676, and cf. Cudlipptown supra 232.