Bisley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bisley
Historical Forms
- to Bislege 986 BCS574 16th
- Biseleg(e), Byseleg(e), Byselei(a), Bysel(e)', Byselegh(e), Byseley(e) 1086 DB 1130 P 1175 BM 1220 Fees 1221 Eyre 1236 Fees 1424 IpmR
- Bissele(g), Byssele(g), Bysseley(a) 1204 P 1209 Fees 1295 Episc 1378 Works 1598 Comm
- Bissley 1535 VE
- Bisle(y), Bysle(y), Byslegh 1211–13 Fees 1221 Ass 1243 HMCv,336 1280 Episc 1360 Ipm 1377–99 Works 1600 FF
- Bisileye 1351 BM
- Biesley 1621 FF
- Beseley 1555 FF
- Beeseleyghe 1590 ib
- Beesley 1618 ib
Etymology
'Bisa's glade or clearing', v. lēah . The OE pers.n. Bisi , or preferably an unrecorded weak form Bisa corresponding to OG Biso , is also found in neighbouring names, Bismore (infra ), Bussage, Bisendune and Biscombe (127, 139, 147infra ), and the same man may have given his name to all five places.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Battlescombe
- Bismore Bridge
- Bournes Green
- Calfway Fm & CAlfway Wood
- Catswood
- Dagnish Wood
- Daneway
- Frith Fm & Frith Wood
- Litteridge Wood
- Lypiatt (Middle)
- Oakridge, Oakridge Lynch
- Rook Wood
- Stean Bridge
- Stonebridge
- Througham
- Tunley
- The Wittantree
Other OS name
- Abbey Fm & Abbey Wood
- Ansteads Fm
- Baker's Barn
- Barnage Wood
- Black Firs
- Blanche's Bank
- Bounce Horn
- Boys' Wood
- Bristley Hill Wood
- Butts Coppice
- Calves Mead
- The Chantry
- The Chequers
- Collier's Plant
- Conigar
- Conygre Wood
- Copsegrove Fm
- Cricketty Mill
- Cutham's Stile
- Daniel's Fm
- Daw's Lane
- Dunkite Hill
- Eastcombe
- Elcombe
- Fennell's Fm
- Ferris Court
- Fidges Lane
- Field Ho
- The Folly
- Furner's Fm
- Gat Wood
- The Giant's Stone
- The Greys
- Hawkley Wood
- Hayhedge Lane
- Hen Wood
- Highmeads Wood
- Hill Ho
- Hogley
- Holloway
- Hopyard Wood
- The Horns
- Ile's Green
- Jaynes Court
- Keensgrove Wood
- Kilminster Fm
- King's Ho
- Kitlye
- Knapp Fm
- Laines Grove
- Lillyhorn Fm
- Limbrick's Fm
- The Limekilns
- Longdon Hill
- Lypiatt Park
- Money Tump
- Nash End
- Park Fm
- Pen Fm
- Penny Grove
- Perrotry
- Pest Ho
- Peyton's Grove
- Piedmont
- Pontingshill Plant
- Proud Grove
- Puck Mill
- Quanley Grove
- Redding Wood
- Sheephouse Fm
- Siccaridge Wood
- Slade Lane, Slad Grove
- Smart's Fm
- Snakeshole
- The Snubbs
- Southmead Fm
- Stancombe Fm
- Stocks End
- Stroud Slad Fm
- Swilley Grove
- Sydenham's Fm
- Taut Cottages
- Througham Slad Fm
- Toadsmoor Wood
- The Trench
- Trillis
- The Vatch
- Vellatts
- The Warren
- Watercombe Ho
- Water Lane
- Wear Fm
- Whitehall Bridge
Field
- Ashey close
- Auger stone piece
- Baldwin 's grove
- Barn close
- Barn hill & Barn wood
- Beech wood
- Berry mead
- Bidmeads tyning
- Bidwell piece
- Birkham tyning
- Bitcomb
- Blackwells grove
- Broad leaze & Broad mead
- Broadway
- Bunnage
- Calves leaze
- Camp hill
- Candlemas croft
- Chessells
- Chesswells
- Chestergate piece
- Churchway piece
- Clay pits
- Broad close & long close
- Cockshoot ( s )
- the Combs
- Counter meadow
- Cow leaze
- Cox ( land )
- Cuckolds corner
- the Dane
- Deer park
- Downs
- Drought ground
- Flagghay
- Fox lane
- Friars lane
- Garstones
- the Green
- Greensward
- Hairy hill
- Handkerchief ground
- Harp acres
- the Hitching
- Hoar stone
- Honkits
- Horsepool ground
- the Hulks
- Hyde bottom
- the Inacre
- the Inake
- Key hill
- Knights tyning
- Lady mead
- the Lagger
- Ley grove
- Longstone
- Lot mead
- the Mead
- Miles field
- little Mill
- Mundanes
- New tyning
- Night stile
- Nip slade
- Norcott corner
- Oakley
- Oaklands
- Park field
- the Patch
- Pear gate & Pear horn
- Picked patch & Picked piece
- Pier hill
- Pike piece
- Pimperwell
- Priests acre & Priests tyning
- Rack hill
- the Rails
- Redmead
- Reids
- Rodborough wood
- Roman camp piece
- Row leaze
- Shermers ground
- Shirt mead
- Skeveralls orchard
- Smokeham
- Soaphouse ground
- Soot house piece
- Sour mead
- Starwell
- Sterts
- Stevens 's
- Stonedge
- Thicketts hill
- Thorn piece & Thorn row
- Tidmore
- Timbercomb ground
- Tump ground
- Twizzle stone
- the Tyning
- Washpool ground
- Webbs ground
- Well mead
- Wheat leaze
- Whitmore
- Wigley
- the Wineyards
- Withy bedd
- Andrewescroft
- Archardesinhechinge
- le Aldcote
- Auterescroft
- Bachemylle
- Balsale ( mede )
- Bannuttree close
- Bertramesgroue
- Bigges place
- Bisly woode
- Blakemeresegg '
- Blikerugge
- Brad ( e ) croft ( e )
- Bullenfrith
- Buriscombe
- Burleyfrith ( e )
- Bushieleaze
- Calforth
- Carlesclose
- Chalkput
- le Chapel ( l ) pece
- le Comynwell
- Cowmore
- Crund ( e ) les
- Custome woode
- Dichescomb ( e )
- the Eies
- Elyattys
- Etwell place
- Firen howse
- curs ' aq ' voc ' le ( ʒ ) Fleme
- leʒ Flodeyates
- Foxhall meade
- Galshagh
- Gigge mill
- le Grenewey
- the Groue
- Hadmeresthorn
- the Hale
- Hallecroft ( e )
- Harlanggesforlongge
- Hasell meade
- Higgen ( s ) frith
- Hobesweyesheuede
- Inelandesfrith
- Iscombes
- Jubeslade
- Kyngestones
- Lady ( e ) smore ( s ) mille
- Larkeberue
- Lyleberue
- Mayesmed ( e )
- Marshes
- Miforde
- Mistland
- the Moore
- Mossiehill
- Olderygge
- Palemeade
- Peyntoursfrith
- le Pynyon
- the Pooleys
- Portweye
- Posthernehete
- the Ridge
- Rollescroft
- Roweforlong '
- ( le ) Rudg ( e ) hull
- Seyntmarybrigge
- Sheppelese
- Shortecombesgeate
- Sinderhill
- Smithes hill
- Stalland
- la Stanbench
- Stapelweye
- Stenen ( e ) gate
- Stonie hall
- Stonehyll
- le Strete
- Stubbyng
- Uppingland
- Walkebruge
- Walkeleyswode
- Warinesinheching
- aq ' voc ' Water Tye
- Weycumbmed
- Wellebrigge
- Westfeld
- Westrode
- Wymbres ( h ) egg ( e )
- le Wodecourte
- Wolriche