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.

Backstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rackenford

Historical Forms

Bachestane 1086 DB

Baggestane 1242 Fees759,787

Baggeston 1285 FA 1380 FF

Bagaston 1333 SR

Etymology

Probably 'Bacga 's stone.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Rackenford