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Survey of English Place-Names

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Badsley Moor Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rotherham

Historical Forms

  • Baddesl(e)ymo(o)re 1608 MinAcct Chas1 Rent
  • Badsley Moor Field 1759 Fairb

Etymology

Badsley Moor Fm, Baddesl (e )ymo (o )re 1608MinAcct 50, Chas 1Rent , Badsley Moor Field 1759 Fairb, 'Bæddi's forest-clearing', v. lēah .On the OE  pers.n. Bæddi , not recorded apart from p.ns., v. Badsey Wo 261–2; it is found also in Badsworth ii, 96infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name