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.

Biggin

Early-attested site in the Parish of Anstey

Historical Forms

  • Biggingg 1307 SR
  • la Biggyng 1343 Pat
  • chapel of Biggin 1433–72 ECP
  • Bygging 1483 IpmR
  • Byggyngwode 1479 Rental

Etymology

Biggin is Biggingg 1307SR , la Biggyng 1343 Pat, chapel of Biggin 1433–72 ECP, Bygging 1483 IpmR, Byggyngwode 1479Rental . This is the ME  bigging , 'building, dwelling place,' a Scandinavian loan-word. v. Introd. xix.

Places in the same Parish