Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bychopsyd 1459 FountBurs

• Bis(s)hopsyde, Bis(s)hopsid(e) 1480 RipAct 1496 FountRent 1507 WillY 1641 Rates

• Hye Bis(s)hopsyde, Hie Bis(s)hopsyde 1576,1641 WillY

• High Bis(s)hopsyde 1693 RipQS

• Lowe Bis(s)hopsyde 1641 WillY

• Bus(c)hopsyd, Bus(c)hopside 1535 VE 1547 WillY

• Hie Bus(c)hopside 1587 ib

• Busshopesydd 1555 ib

• Lawebushoppside 1580 ib

Etymology

'The bishop's hill-side', v. biscop , sīde . It was in the Archbishop of York's part of the manor of Ripon; Wilsill infra was named amongst his waste-lands c. 1030 YCh 7.