Bittleford
Early-attested site in the Parish of Widdecombe in the Moor
Historical Forms
- (æt) Bitelanwyrthe 956 BCS952 13th
- Bitteleworthi, Bitelleworth' 1277 Ass
- Byteleworthi 1333 SR
- Byteleworthy 1339 Ass
- Bittelford Yeat 1587 Dartmoor
Etymology
'Bit (t )ela 's worþig,' cf. Beechcombe supra 187. Yeat = 'gate' (v. geat ) referring to one of the entrances to Dartmoor Forest.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Natsworthy Manor
- Scobitor
- Spitchwick
- Yar Tor
- Blackslade Down
- Bonehill Down
- Chittleford
- Dewdon
- Dunstone
- Hamel Down
- Hatchwell
- Leusdon
- Ollsbrim
- Cator
- Ponsworthy