Bobbingworth, Bovinger
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bobbingworth
Historical Forms
- Bubingeordā 1086 DB
- Bub(b)ing(e)w(o)rth(e) 1243 FF t.Hyiii BM 1248 Ass 1474 IpmR
- Bubbyngeworth 1298 FF
- Bob(b)ingewurthe 1253 FF
- Bob(b)ingeworthe 1294 Ipm
- Bob(b)yngewerthe 1325 Ct
- Bob(b)yngeworth 1339 Cl 1395 Ch 1428 FA
- Bulbingeworth 1280 FF
- Bolbyngworth 1297 FF
- Bubbingesford 1294 Ipm 1295 Cl
- Bobbyngeford 1335 Ct
- Bubbyngeforde 1375 FF
- Bab(b)yngworth 1338 Pat 1552 FF
- Bob(b)yng(e)sworth 1342,1361 Cl 1412 FA
- Bobyngworth alias Bodyngworth 1509 LP
- Bobyniour alias Bobyngeworth 1511 FF
- Bobyngworth alias Bovynger 1532 FF
- Bobinger 1535 VE
- Bovingworth 1561 BobbingworthPR 1607 EAix
- Bobingworth alias Bobinge 1600 EAv
- Bovenger 1607 EAix 1706 EssPRii
- Bovinger 1674 ERxxxi
- Bobinger alias Bovinger alias Bobingworth 1610 EAxi
- Bobbinsworth 1678 Ogilby
- Bobinghurste 1594 N
- Bubbinger 1622 GreenstedPR
Etymology
'The enclosure of Bubba 's people,' v. ing , worþ . For the development of b to v cf. s. n. Pavenham (PN BedsHu 37) and for -inger cf. Abinger (PN Sr 259). Both Bobbingworth and Bovinger appear on the Popular 1″ O.S. map, the latter as a hamlet, which occurs as Upper Bobbingworth Green on the 6″ O.S. map (1895).