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.

Babylon

Other OS name in the Parish of Ely Trinity

Historical Forms

  • tenementa ultra aquam 1418 Ely
  • Babylon 1618 BedL

Etymology

is tenementa ultra aquam 1418Ely , Babylon 1618 BedL . An isolated district beyond the river . Cf. infra 357 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement