English Place-name Society

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.

Bilheath

Other OS name in the Parish of Brewood

Historical Forms

  • the byll heathe 1562,1569 Ct
  • the Byll 1567 Ct
  • the Bill 1842 TA
  • Byll lane 1567 Ct

Etymology

( obs ) , 1834 O , the byll heathe 1562, 1569Ct , the Byll 1567Ct , the Bill 1842TA , Byll lane 1567Ct , ' heath on aheadland ' , v. bile , hǣð , but Bill must have been at an earlier stage a simplex name , ' the headland ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement