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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bodymore Heath

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kingsbury

Historical Forms

  • Bodymoreheth t.Hy8 Rental
  • Bodimore 1327 SR
  • Bodemore 1332 ib

Etymology

Bodymore Heath is Bodymoreheth t. Hy 8Rental and was the home of William de Bodimore (1327 SR), de Bodemore (1332 ib.).Possibly for OE  Boding mor , 'Boda 's moor or marsh,' v. ing and cf. Codicote (Herts), (æt ) Cuð (er )ingcoton 1002 (c. 1250) KCD 1297, Udimore (PN Sx 516) and Bodicote (PN O 58).