Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bayons Manor 1813 Td'E 1824 O

• “the manor of” Bayons 1514 LPi

• “the manor of” Baions 1520 ib

• manerium ac tenement' de Bayons et Tevelby als' dict' Bacons et Tevelby 1546 Td'E

• Mannor of Bayons 1570 Td'E 17

• Bayons and Tevelbie mannor 1583 Td'E

• Manerium de Tevilbie vocat Bayons et Tevilbie Mannor 1602 Td'E

• Maner' de Tevilby vocat Bayons et Tevilbye 1610 Td'E

• Manor of Beacons otherwise Bayons in Tealby 1792 Td'E

• terre pertinent' Bayshalls 1533 Td'E

• lands belonging to Bayshall 1548 Td'E

• Beacons als Bayons hall 1669 Td'E

• the Mannor of Bayes Hall 1712 Td'E

• the manor or Lordship … of Beacons otherwise Bayons, Beacons otherwise Bayons Hall 1783 Td'E

Etymology

BAYONS MANOR, Bayons Manor 1813Td 'E , 1824 O, Bayon 's Manor House 1842 Td 'E. P&H 185 comment “The house is the expression of the lineal aspirations of its builder Charles Tennyson (d'Eyncourt), uncle of the Poet Laureate. Tennyson, the politician, could never acquire a peerage, so he invented a quasi-Gothic lineage for himself, discovered a dim d'Eyncourt connexion, and surrounded himself with a panoply of baronial objects. Before 1835 Bayons was a plain bay-fronted Regency 'cottage'”. They add “Bayons is now in total decay and never looked better”. It was, in fact, demolished in 1964.The name, however, goes back at least to the early 16th century and there are many references to the manor – “the manor of ” Bayons 1514 LP i, “the manor of ” Baions 1520 ib iii, manerium ac tenement ' de Bayons et Tevelby als ' dict ' Bacons et Tevelby 1546Td 'E , Mannor of Bayons 1570 (17) Td 'E , Bayons and Tevelbie mannor 1583Td 'E , Manerium de Tevilbie vocat Bayons et Tevilbie Mannor 1602Td 'E , Maner ' de Tevilby vocat Bayons et Tevilbye 1610Td 'E et freq toManor of Beacons otherwise Bayons in Tealby 1792Td 'E and note also terre pertinent ' Bayshalls 1533Td 'E , lands belonging to Bayshall 1548Td 'E , Beacons als Bayons hall 1669Td 'E , the Mannor of Bayes Hall 1712Td 'E , the manor or Lordship … of Beacons otherwise Bayons , Beacons otherwise Bayons Hall 1783Td 'E . The de Baiocis family held land in Tealby from at least 1202 Ass and cf. also Richard le Bayeus 1284 Fine, Juliana Bayous 1327SR , John son of Robert Bayus 1346 FA, William Bayus 1428 FA, while the Bishop of Bayeux held Tealby in DB.