Bayton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bayton
Historical Forms
- Beitone 1080 France
- Betune 1086 DB
- Beton 1230 Pat
- Beytune 1275 SR
- Bayton 1327 SR
Etymology
'Beage's farm,' the pers. name Bēage being found in OE as the name of the daughter of a Gloucestershire ealdorman of the 8th cent. whose name actually survives in Bibury (Gl), which was granted to her and her father. This name, or the masc. Bǣga , is also found in Bayworth (Berks), BCS 535 Beganwurð , Baywell infra 121 and in many other place-names. In the 1275 Subsidy Roll we have in Bayton a pers. name derived from a place called Solneye . This would seem to be a trace of the solnhæma broc found in the metes of an enlarged Pensax given by Heming (246).