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.

Bickleigh

Other OS name in the Parish of Halwell

Historical Forms

  • Buttelegh, Byttelegh 1333 SR
  • Bittelegh 1453 FF
  • Bickley 1576 SR

Etymology

is Buttelegh ,Byttelegh 1333SR (p), Bittelegh 1453FF , Bickley 1576SR . ' Bit (t )a 's leah . ' The u in the earliest form may be due to the influence of the b .