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.

Battledown

Early-attested site in the Parish of Charlton Kings

Historical Forms

  • (le) Badleton 1598,1599,1605 Comm
  • Badelton 1599 1606 AOMB
  • Battelton 1606 ib

Etymology

Battledown, (le ) Badleton 1598, 1599, 1605Comm , Badelton 1599 ib, 1606AOMB , Battelton 1606 ib. 'Bædela's farm', v. tūn , and for OE  Bædela and the modern form cf. Battlescombe and Battle Bridge i, 118, 242supra .