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.

Bickmarsh

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bickmarsh

Historical Forms

  • (at) Bicanmersce 967 BCS1201 11th
  • Bikemersc 11th Heming 1327 SR
  • Bichemerse 1086 DB
  • Bigemers 1235 Fees
  • Byggmersche 1535 VE
  • Bugmershe al. Bykemersh 1544 LP
  • Bugmarsh 1547 Monast
  • Bekemershe 1319 FF
  • Bickemershe al. Birkemershe 1608 Recov

Etymology

'Bica 's marsh or marshy land.' Cf. Bickenhill supra 59.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name