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.
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Bitham Wood
Bitham Wood
Other OS name in the Parish of Erlestoke
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) . Cf.
bytme
infra
425 . The wood is in a hollow .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Pudnell Fm
Other OS name
Stokehill Fm
Major Settlement
Erlestoke