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.

Biggen Holt

Early-attested site in the Parish of Washington

Etymology

Biggen Holt (6″) is to be identified with the bidan holt in the boundaries of Washington (BCS 834). This is 'Bida 's wood,' v. holt . For the pers. name v. Bidlington supra 223. For interchange of d and g , cf. Bignam for Biddenham (PN BedsHu 26).

Places in the same Parish