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.

Bagshot

Early-attested site in the Parish of Windlesham with Bagshot

Historical Forms

  • Bagsheta 1164 P
  • Bagsete 1210–12 RBE
  • Bagseth 1218 ClR
  • Bagschate 1221 FF
  • Bagshete 1225 Ass
  • Bagshote 1330 Ipm 1353 Cl
  • Bagshot heath 1609 LRMB
  • Bachesheta 1164 P(CR)
  • Bachesuth' c.1220 Fees
  • Bacsete 1186 Chertsey
  • Bacsiete 1212 Fees
  • Bacsete 1247 FF
  • Bacshete 1272 Ass
  • Bakshete 1327 Banco
  • Bageset' 1218 ClR 1238 FF
  • Baggeshec' 1218 Bracton
  • Baggashit, Baggeshat, Baggeshete 1227–53 Ch
  • Baggesayte 1241 FF
  • Baggesate ib.
  • Baggeshete 1255 Ass 1294 FF
  • Baggeshute 1294 Ass 1314 FF
  • Bakgeschoteford 1459 Bodl

Etymology

'Bacga 's sceat or angle of land.' In 1254 (Ipm) “Geoffrey de Baggesate al. de Bagescete held Bagessete.