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.

Bickerton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bilton

Historical Forms

  • Bic(h)retone 1086 DB
  • Bygerton 1276 RH
  • Bikerton, Bykerton 12 Font 1167,1190 P 13 Tockw 1246 Ass41d 1275 YI 1280 Ass 1519 FF
  • Bekirton 1455 WillY
  • Bekerton 1509 YDv,236
  • Bickerton 1521 WillY 1566 FF
  • Bickerton in the Ainstye 1653 WillS

Etymology

'Bee-keeper farm', v. bīcere , tūn , a fairly common p.n.; cf. also Bickerton v, 56infra . On the problems connected with this type of name v. EPN i, 34–5.