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.

South Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Waltham

Historical Forms

  • m[um] hugonis de Bibesworth apud Suthouse 1284 Ct
  • terra quondam Johannis Biblisworth 1397 MinAcct
  • Bib(bes)ford Mead 1585 Bodl
  • Bibbeswrthe 1280 Ct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is d [ o ] m [um ] hugonis de Bibesworth apud Suthouse 1284Ct , terra quondam Johannis Biblisworth 1397MinAcct , Bib (bes )ford Mead 1585Bodl . Formerly called Bibbesworth 's Fee ( M ii, 86 ) from the family of Walter de Bibbeswrthe (1280Ct ) which probably came from Bibsworth al. BibbsHall (Herts) .