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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.

Bloody Meadow

Other OS name in the Parish of Tewkesbury

Etymology

, 1830 M , cf. Batylham 1527Rent 4 , Blodyforlong 1498 AD i , near the site of the Battle of Tewkesbury 1471 and HolmeCastle (infra ) ; Batylham is ' battle meadow ' , v. bataille , hamm .