Bastenhall
Early-attested site in the Parish of Suckley
Historical Forms
- Bastehalc 1275 SR
- Bastonhall 1289 Ipm
- Bastenhal(l) 1327 SR 1634 QSR
Etymology
This name suggests the same pers. name which lies behind Bastwick (Nf). Dr Schram suggests that this pers. name Basta is that which we find in diminutive form in Basildon (Berks), earlier Bestlesden and in Bæstlæsford (BCS 565) which is close to Basildon. For this, Stenton and Skeat alike suggest a pers. name Baestel . This may be a t -extension of the Basa found in Basing (Ha). Hence 'Basta's nook of land.' v. healh .