English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Bespidge Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Sevenhampton

Historical Forms

  • Bispage hill 1575 TRMB
  • Bispedge 17 GR444

Etymology

, Bispage hill 1575TRMB 39,Bispedge 17GR 444 , possibly a reduced form of biscop ' bishop ' , ME  bisp , as in Bispham (La 136) , v. ecg ' scarp ' .