Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bittlesmore 1795 Boswell

• on bytelesmor, of bitelesmore 958 ShaftR(S655) 15

• parcum vocat'Myddelbeytell more, clausum vocat' Myddelbeytell more 1432,1437 Wim

• la Bittelesmore 1447 Hutch3

• prat' triangulat' subtus Lytelbutellesmore 1453 Midd

• Buttlesmore 1460 Hutch3

• Bytellesmore 1461 Hutch1

Etymology

Bittlesmore (lost, near foll.), Bittlesmore 1795 Boswell, on bytelesmor , of bitelesmore 958 (15) ShaftR (S 655), parcum vocat 'Myddelbeytell more , clausum vocat ' Myddelbeytell more 1432, 1437Wim , la Bittelesmore 1447 Hutch3, prat ' triangulat ' subtus Lytelbutellesmore 1453Midd , Buttlesmore 1460 Hutch3, Bytellesmore 1461 Hutch1, probably 'Byt(t)el's marshy ground', from an OE  pers.n. Byt (t )el (suggested for Bittesby Lei by Ekwall DEPN and for Biddlesden Bk 42), v. mōr , middel , lȳtel .