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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bassett Court

Other OS name in the Parish of North Nibley

Historical Forms

  • Basset(t)s court(e) 1619 BGxli 1640 InqM

Etymology

, Basset (t )s court (e )1619 BG xli, 1640 InqM , named from Sir Anselm Basset , who acquired the estate by marriage c. 1284 ( cf. Rudder 783 ) .