Badby
Major Settlement in the Parish of Badby
Historical Forms
- baddan byrig, baddan by 944 BCS792
- Badebi 1020 KCD1316 14th DB 1086 P 1166
- Badeby 1252,1314 Cl
- Baddeby 12th Survey 1166 P(CR) 1475 ADiii
- Badby 1316 FA 1393 Cl
Etymology
This name was originally 'Badda 's burh', with early change of the second element owing to Scand. influence, v. Introd. xxii.The burh is perhaps that called þa ealdan burh æt Baddanbyrig in the Badby Charter, and if so it is to be identified with the prehistoric camp on Arbury Hill.