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Basinghyll Mills

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Basingill Mills 1857 OS
  • Bassengill 1790 Kendiii,235

Etymology

, Basingill Mills 1857OS , Bassengill 1790 Kend iii, 235 ( where John Wakefield had a licence to build a gunpowder mill ) , the first el . may be the ME  (OFr ) byname Bastun , as in Bassenthwaite(Cu 32, 263) and possibly Bason Crag (i, 194infra ) , v. gil .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site