Survey of English Place-Names

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.