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.

Bidfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Miserden

Historical Forms

  • Budevilla 1191 P
  • Budefeld(e) 1220 Fees 1247,1287 Ass 1287 FF 1303 FA 1476 Pat
  • Budfeld 1509 MinAcct
  • Buddefeld als. Bidfield 1595 FF
  • Bidefeld 1248,1287 Ass
  • Bidfe(i)ld, Bydfe(i)ld 1501 Pat 1556 FF 1576 MonLand
  • Bedyfeld 1377–99 Works
  • Bedefeld 1378 Ass

Etymology

'Byda's piece of open countryside', from the OE  pers.n. Byda and feld.