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Bagstone

Other OS name in the Parish of Wickwar

Historical Forms

  • Baggeston(e) 1255 BGxxii,210 1288 HMC5 1411 Inqaqd c.1560 Surv
  • Baggesdon' 1291 Tax
  • Bagston(e) 1536 Monast Hy8 Rent 1540 LP
  • Bagestone c.1603 TRMB

Etymology

, Baggeston (e )1255 BG xxii, 210, 1288 HMC 5, 1411 Inqaqd, c. 1560Surv , Baggesdon '1291 Tax, Bagston (e )1536 Monast,Hy 8Rent , 1540 LP, Bagestone c. 1603TRMB . ' Bacga's stone ' , from the OE  pers.n. Bacga and stān ; cf. also Bagecroft in Yate (46infra ) . From this the DB hundred of Bagstone was named ( 22 supra ) .