Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bagelag' 1244 Ass 14 Ilch

• Baggelage 1268 Ass

• Westbagelage 1325 Pat

• the farm of Baglage 1648 SC

• Bagelak' 1268 Ass

• Bagelake 1275 RH 1280 Ass 1548 AD

• Baggelake 1270 For 1281 FF 1288 Ass 1329 ADII,1372 1392 FF 1406 Cl

• Estbagelake 1300 FF 1443 IpmR 1444

• Oldebagelak' 1326 Ass

• Baglacke 1563 ADVI

• East Baglak' 1569 AD

• East Baglake, West Baglake 1611 DuCo

• Baglake alias Dowerfeilde 1615 ib

• East Baglake alias Dowerfield 1661 Hutch3

• Baglake 1811 OS

• Backelak 1285 Drew

• Bakelak' 1288 Ass

• Babelake 1389 Cl 1403 FF

• Babbelake 1408 FF

• Bablake 1444 Fine

Etymology

The first el. seems to be *bagga 'bag', possibly in the sense 'badger' or as a topographical word for 'a bag-like feature in the landscape, e.g. hillock' (cf. Baggeridge 2284), v. lacu 'stream', with ēast , west , eald .For the 1615 and 1661 references to (East ) Dowerfield (e ), cf. next name.