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Badcock's Bailey

Other OS name in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • Badcocks Bayly, Badcocks Baylie 1633 SPDom 1692 Comm
  • Badcotts Baylie 1641 ib

Etymology

, Badcocks Bayly , Badcocks Baylie 1633SPDom 19, 1692Comm , Badcotts Baylie 1641 ib , the surname Badcock ( probably that of some bailiff of the Forest of Dean ) , v. baillie ' a bailiwick ' ; the place lies within the old bailiwick of Little Dean ( cf. Blaize Bailey 216supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement