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.

Baschurch

Major Settlement in the Parish of Baschurch

Historical Forms

  • Bascherche 1086 DB
  • Baschirche Hy1 Ch 1267 Ass 1221-2 RH 1255 Pat 1346
  • Baschirge c.1220 Ch 1292
  • Baschyrche 1271-2 Ass
  • Baschurche 1316 FA
  • Baschurch 1393 Pat
  • Bas Church 1672,5,9 PR(L)
  • Basecherch(e) 1086 DB
  • Basechirche 1222 Cur
  • Basechurch 1602 PR(H) 1675 SBL8546
  • Bassecherche 1204 P 1221-2 Ass 1256 Ch 1346
  • Bassechirch 1256 Ch 1332 TN c.1291
  • Bassechirch' 1261-2 ForProc
  • Bassechurch 1508 AD 1628 PR(L)
  • Bastchyrch' 1327 SAS3/V
  • Bastchurch 1654-5 PR(StA) 1718 PR(L)
  • Bass Church 1671 PR(L) 1719 PR(H) 1762 PRLittleWenlock 1769 PR(L)
  • Basschurch 1737 PR(L) 1744 PR(StA) 1811 PR(StA)

Etymology

'Bas(s)a's church'. The personal name is not on independent record but can be conjectured from an Old High German parallel, and from a number of place-names.

Places in the same Parish