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.

Batson

Early-attested site in the Parish of Salcombe

Historical Forms

  • Badestana 1086 DB
  • Badestane 1201 FF 1244 Ass
  • Badeston 1289 Ass
  • Baddestane 1242 Fees765,796
  • Baddeston 1301 Ipm 1478 ADvi

Etymology

'Bada 's stone.' Cf. Bason supra 131.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement