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.

Billestostye

Field in the Parish of Filby

Historical Forms

  • Billestostye 1442 Will

Etymology

Billestostye 1442 Will NRO(v. stōw, stīg, stígr and Reaney s.n. Bill, metonymicfrom OE  bill'sword')