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.

Bagborough

Other OS name in the Parish of Sandford

Historical Forms

  • Baggebergh 1249 FF
  • Baggeburgh 1330 SR

Etymology

is Baggebergh 1249 FF, Baggeburgh 1330SR (p) . ' Bacga 's hill , ' v. beorg , cf. Bagborough (So) , Bacganbeorge 904 BCS 610 .