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.

Bibbill Farm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thornton

Historical Forms

  • Bibbehale 13th Warter
  • Bibehale 1288 ib

Etymology

Bibbill Farm (6″) is Bibbehale 13thWarter , Bibehale 1288 ib.'Bibba 's nook of land,' v. h(e)alh and cf. Bigknowle, PN Sx 464.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement