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.

Badland Shaw

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ewhurst

Historical Forms

  • Badeland c.1220 Pens
  • Badilande t.Hy3 BM
  • Badilond c.1250 Pens
  • Badlands 1535 VE

Etymology

Badland Shaw (6″) is Badeland c. 1220 Pens, Badilande t. Hy 3 BM, Badilond c. 1250 Pens, Badlands 1535 VE. 'Bada's land,' cf. Bathurst supra 469 and for the i , v. note on Mountfield supra 474.