Biggin Hall
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoke and Biggin
Historical Forms
- La Bigging 1247 Ass 1543 LP
- Bugging 1279 Nott
- Bugging(g)e 1327,1332 SR
- Stoke Bygeing 1543 LP
- Biginge, Stoke Bygen 1547 Monast
Etymology
Biggin Hall (6″) is La Bigging 1247Ass et freq to 1543 LP, with variant spellings Bygging and Biggyng (e ), Bugging 1279Nott , Bugging (g )e 1327, 1332 SR, Stoke Bygeing 1543 LP, Biginge , Stoke Bygen 1547 Monast. 'Building,' cf. Biggin supra 117.“Antiently written Bygging ; which in our old English signifieth the same with domus , and is in the north parts of this Realm still retained in that sense, divers Mannour-houses being there so called” (Dugdale 130).