Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• basegarth 1537 Nelthorpe

• Base garthe 1585 FLMisc

• Basegarthe Eliz ChancP

Etymology

, basegarth 1537Nelthorpe , Base garthe 1585FLMisc , Basegarthe Eliz ChancP , Bayes Garth 1614 , FLMisc , since the same name occurs in East Halton and in Brocklesby f. ns . ( a ) infra , it is very unlikely that the first el . is the surn . Base ( cf. Reaney s.n. Bass ) . The forms for all three examples are late , but it is possible that they are each Scand . compounds of báss and garðr ' the enclosure with a cowshed ' .