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.

Bagbear

Other OS name in the Parish of Little Torrington

Historical Forms

  • Bagebere 1244 FF
  • Baggebeare 1340 Ass

Etymology

is Bagebere 1244 FF, Baggebeare 1340Ass , cf. Bagbeareinfra 169 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement