Battersea
Major Settlement in the Parish of Battersea
Historical Forms
- Badrices ege, Batrices ege 693 BCS 11th
- (Ba)doricesheah 695 BCS 15th
- Batriceseie 957 BCS994 13th BM 1067 WAM c.1075
- Patriceseia 1067 Ch 1335
- Patricesey c.1080 Westm
- Patricesy 1086 DB
- Patriceseie t.Stephen Pat 1461
- Patricheseia c.1152 BM 1200 Cur
- Patricheseie 1199 FF
- Patericheseie 1305 Westm
- Badrichesey 1198,1204 FF
- Badericheseie 1198 FF 1225 Ass
- Batricheshee 1200 Cur
- Batrichesey(e), Batricheseia, Batrichesei(e) 1200 FF 1201 Abbr 1316 FA 1328 Ipm
- Batrichesegh(e) 1344,1350 SR
- Baterichesee 1212 Fees
- Batericheseye c.1270 Winton 1294 FF
- Baterichesseie 1303 HMCvii
- Betrecheseye 1241 FF 1428 FA
- Betricheseie 1301 Winton
- Bat(e)recheshegh, Badrecheshegh 1255 Ass
- Badrigesee t.Hy3 BM
- Batriseye 1366 FF
- Batreseye 1385 BM 1395 FF 1414 IpmR
- Batersey 1408 Cl
- Batressey 1438 Pat
- Bateresey 1474 Ch
- Badersheye 1372 Seldxl
- Batrichsey 1461 FF
- Batrichsey al. Battersaye 1622 Recov
- Battersea 1595 SACxvii 1675 FF
- Batrichsea al. Battersea 1700 Recov
Etymology
'Beaduric 's eg or marshy island.' It lay along the Thames.For the forms in Bat - cf. Baterichesfeld (t. Ed 3Firle ) in Clearwell (Gl). A few of the forms show an attempt to connect the name with St Patrick.