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Survey of English Place-Names

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bygthoryn

Field in the Parish of Illston on the Hill

Historical Forms

  • bygthoryn 1364 Wyg
  • bygtoryn 1364 Wyg
  • Nethere Bygthorne 1402 Wyg

Etymology

bygthoryn, bygtoryn 1364, Nethere Bygthorne 1402 (v. neoðera) (v. byg, þorn; the specific predates the earliest citation in OED in the sense' of great extent' by some twenty years)