Badsey
Major Settlement in the Parish of Badsey
Historical Forms
- Baddeseia 709 BCS125 c.1200
- Baddesege 714 BCS130 16th
- Badsetenagemære c.850 BCS482 c.1200
- Baddesig c.860 KCD289(iii.396) c.1200
- Badesei 1086 DB c.1086 EveA 1190
- Baddesham 1251 Ch
- Baddesheye 1275 SR
- Baddeseye 1291 Tax
- Badsey 1535 VE
Etymology
This would seem to contain a strong name Bæddi corresponding to the pers. name Bad (d )a which is well established.It is presumably a pet-form of an OE name in Beadu -, cf. Badshaw Lane (Ha), beaddescagan in BCS 622. The village stands at the confluence of three streams, hence 'Bæddi's well- watered land,' v. eg . The same man must have given his name to Bædeswellan (BCS 1282) which lies on the bounds of Broadway where they coincide with those of Badsey.