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.

Bagton

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Alvington

Historical Forms

  • Bachedona 1086 DB
  • Baketon(e) 1238 Ass 1285 FA 1327 Ass
  • Backeton(e) 1310 FF
  • Bagkethon' 1242 Fees766
  • Baggeton(e) 1242 Fees795 1428 FA

Etymology

'Bacca 's farm,' v. tun .Cf. Baccamoor supra 252. The d appears only in DB and is probably incorrect, since the farm is not on a hill.