Bitterall Lane
Field in the Parish of Eynsham
Historical Forms
- 1802 EnclA
- Bytterhal 1481–3 CourtR
- Bitterolls 1656 Bodl
Etymology
Bitterall Lane(Betterhale 1228–39, Bitterhale 1241–64, Biterhale, Byterhale 1363, Bytterhal 1481–3 CourtR, Bitterolls 1656 Bodl,second element h(e)alh; Chambers(109) says that the locality favours theinterpretation of the first as'bittern': botor is the only spelling of this wordon record before 1388, when it appears with an -i - in Chaucer—”as a Bitorebombleth in the Myre”—but the word is not well recorded in ME, and thisname may contain a form of it)
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Eynsham Mills
- Barnard Gate
- Bell Bridge
- Blindwell Fm and Blindwell Gorse
- Castles Copse
- Partlows Copse
- City Fm
- Littlegreen Fm
- Claypit Clump
- Eynsham Wharf
- Newfield Cottages
- Southfield Barn
- Twelve Acre Fm
- Woodleys Copse