Bix
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bix
Historical Forms
- Bixa 1086 DB 1176 P 1235–6 Fees 1240 Os c.1280
- Bixse c.1166 NRS
- Bixe 1201 Fine
- Byxe 1268 Ass 1275–6 RH
- Bixest 1152 Eynsh
- Byx Gybewyne 1240 Os c.1280
- Bixe Gybewine 1268 Ass
- Bixe Gybuyn, Bixe Brond, Byxbrond 1285 Ass
- Byxebrond 1285 FF
- Bixebraund 1300 Ipm
- Bixegebewyn 1315 Ch
- Bixebrond 1315 Ch 1346 FA 1355 Ipm
- Bix Gibwyn 1317 Ch 1428 FA
- Bixegibben 1346 FA
- Bixegibbewyne 1355 Ipm
- Bixe Brand 1379 Cl
- Bixbronde 1390 Cl 1428 FA
- Bixbrand 1397 Cl
- Brixebrond 1268 Ass
- Bryxbrond 1385 Cl
- Buksebraunt late13th AD
- Buxe Jebywine 1300 Ipm
- Buxebronde, Buxgibewyn 1316 FA
- Brond 1275–6 RH
Etymology
OE *byxe, a derivative of box, meaning 'box-tree' or perhaps 'box-grove.'
Robert Brand is mentioned 1254–5 RH and John Brond 1275–6 RH. Ralph Gibbewin is mentioned in 1165 (Oxoniensia i, 137–8); Marsh Gibbon in Bk preserves another form of this family name.There were earlier two churches: the parish churches of Bixegebeon and Byxebrond are mentioned 1480 in Stonor p. 168, and ParColl (early 18th) refers to “the remains of a chapel, formerly called Bix-Brand.” Davis gives Bix-gibwen and Bix-brand in 1797.