Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• (le) Baitinges, (le) Baytinges, (the) Baitinges, (the) Baytinges 1285–1314 WCR 1309 Ext 1543 YDi 1551,1572 WillY

• Baitings, Baytings Clo(u)gh(e) 1414 Watson 1600 WCR4

• Baytenges 1548 PRHfx

• Batinges 1582 WillY

• Bateings 1654 WillS

• Batings Inne 1675 Og

Etymology

Baitings, 1696 YDr, (le ) Baitinges , (le ) Baytinges , (the ) Baitinges , (the ) Baytinges 1285–1314 WCR (freq ), 1309 Ext, 1543 YD i, 1551, 1572 WillY, Baitings , Baytings Clo (u )gh (e )1414 Watson 302, 1600WCR 4, Baytenges 1548 PRHfx, Batinges 1582 WillY, Bateings 1654 WillS, Batings Inne 1675 Og, from ON  beiting 'a pasture', cf. Baiting Houses 203infra . The earlier spellings with -inges are against a compound with ON eng 'meadow'; v. clōh 'dell'. Baitings was a vaccary and from the reference in 1309 Ext that cattle should be moved from Saltonstall to Baitings in the summer it was a summer pasture.