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.

Bisley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bisley

Historical Forms

  • Busselegh(e) 933 BCS697 13th BCS1195 967 Ass 13th Cl 1263 1328
  • Bussel(e)y(e) c.1270 Winton 1284 Ipm 1316 Winton 1318 FF 1402 Winton
  • Buselegh 1255 Ass
  • Bisselegam c.1103 Crispin
  • Bissele t.Hy3 For 1259 Ass
  • Bisselegh 1279 Ass
  • Byssele 1391 Winton
  • Bisley 1587 Musters
  • Bisscheleye 1279 Ass
  • Bysshley 1471 Ct
  • Byshley 1535 VE
  • Byssheley 1578 Moulton
  • Busshele(y) 1283,1286 Chertsey 1471 Ct
  • Busshelegh 1493 FF
  • Bursele 1346 Cl 1391 Winton

Etymology

'Clearing overgrown with bushes,' v. bysc , leah and cf. Bysshe Court infra 322.

Places in the same Parish