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.

Bilsborough Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woodmancote

Historical Forms

  • Billesberg(h) 1262 Ass 1279 Ass 1288 Ass
  • Billesberegh juxta Wodemanecote 1305 Ass
  • Bilsberry 1686 SAC2,113

Etymology

'Bill's hill or barrow,' v. beorg . Cf. Billshurst (Sr), 1198 FF Billesersse . The rise in the ground here is very slight.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement