English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Biglands

Other OS name in the Parish of Aikton

Historical Forms

  • bygland 1490 Orton
  • Biglandes 1580 Border

Etymology

is bygland 1490Orton , Biglandes 1580 Border . Presumably the name contains the ON  bygg , ' barley . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement