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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bickham Copse & Bickham Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Pamphill

Historical Forms

  • Bickham, Bickham Coppice, Bickham Moor & Bickham Plot 1847 TA
  • Bikcumb' 1268 Ass
  • Biccombe c.Ed1 Hutch3

Etymology

, Bickham ,Bickham Coppice , Bickham Moor & Bickham Plot 1847TA , probably to be identified withBikcumb '1268Ass (p), Biccombe c. Ed 1 Hutch3 (p) , which is from cumb ' valley ' ; the first el . is uncertain , bīc ' bees ' nest ' , bic(a) ' beak-like projection ' , and the OE  pers.n. Bica being among the possible alternatives .