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Survey of English Place-Names

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Byland

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashburton

Historical Forms

  • Bilond 1604 DKR38,471
  • the Bye 1615 DuCo

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bilond 1604 DKR 38, 471, the Bye 1615DuCo . This may be OE byge , ' curve, bend , ' referring to the shape of the land here .