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Survey of English Place-Names

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Biggerside

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Bigger…, Biggerset 1625,1626 PR
  • Bigherset 1630 ib
  • Biggarsid 1650 ib

Etymology

, Bigger …, Biggerset 1625, 1626 PR, Bigherset 1630 ib, Biggarsid 1650 ib , possibly ' barley farm ' , v. bygg , erg , and sǣtr ' shieling ' , cf. Biggar La205 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement