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Bent ( the plant ) . This is found only in this ^ fo Bark is found in Barking , but it is uncertain . , Berk most likely belongs to the form Birk or Birch . Berry may be derived from the vegetable product , but it may be the local name Bury . The form Berry man is found . Bett makes Betts . It is found in Betley , Bettishanger , Betshanger ,
Bettiscombe , Bettisfield and Belton . Bigg is found in Bigbury , Bigby , Biglands , Bignall , and is an existing name . Its meaning is uncertain . Bill is found in the form of Billing in the places — Billing , Northampton and Lancashire ; Billingborough , Lincolnshire ; Billingford , ]^ 6 ifolk ; Billm Durham ; Billingham , Lincoln ; Billingby , West York j Billingsgate , London ; Billingshurst , Sussex ; Billingside ,
Durham ; Billingsley , Salop jBiffingtpn , Bedfordshire and Stafford Bilgsdale , N * orthi York ; Bilsford , f Devon ; Bilsham , Sussex ; Bilsthoi ^ e , Notts ;^ Leicester ; Bilton , Forthumberlarxd , Warwick East , West and Forth York . It takes the form Bilsing in Biisington . Billing is commonly supposed to be a form of the Norse name Billing , but this is evidently an error , as it
is one of the names tnost diffused in the period of the English settlement . The present name , Billing , is most likely derived from one of the places of that name . Bin ( a box ) is now known in the name Binns . Binning is found in Binnington , and the word Bin , under the forms of Binham , Binacre ,
Binchester ; Bincombe , Bindon , Binegar , Binfield , Binley , Binscomb , Binsey , Binstead , Binton , and Bintree , are found all over the country Bing or Byng , found as a name , and in JBing , „ 3 ingfield , Bingham
and Bingley , is most likely a contraction of Binning . There is perhaps some relation between Binning and Benning . Birch ( the tree ) is a well known common name . The form Birchington . is found in Kent . There is the name Burchett . A dialectic
form of this word is Birk . Bird , ( the tree ) another well-known common name . Birdingbury in Warwickshire , preserves the name of the collective . Burder is Birder . It is commonly supposed to mean a fowler , as being a name professionally original , but it is most likely an inflection of Bird in the ending er . The like is to be said of Burdett . Birk ( see Birch ) :
Black 1 b a name derived from the colour . The names now taken from it are Black , Blackett , Blacker , Blackman . Blacker is likewise a local name . The words Blaxhall and Blaxton show the ancient use of the name as a man ' s name . Blake is a distinct name and an ancient one . In Blakenham and Blakenhall we have the inflection in mg . The forms of this work cannot always be distinguished from Black . Bleak , the fish , appears to supply a name ^ but it cannot be now identified . Blue is now found in Blewett , This root has been little used
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Anglo-Saxon History Illustrated By Topog...
Bent ( the plant ) . This is found only in this ^ fo Bark is found in Barking , but it is uncertain . , Berk most likely belongs to the form Birk or Birch . Berry may be derived from the vegetable product , but it may be the local name Bury . The form Berry man is found . Bett makes Betts . It is found in Betley , Bettishanger , Betshanger ,
Bettiscombe , Bettisfield and Belton . Bigg is found in Bigbury , Bigby , Biglands , Bignall , and is an existing name . Its meaning is uncertain . Bill is found in the form of Billing in the places — Billing , Northampton and Lancashire ; Billingborough , Lincolnshire ; Billingford , ]^ 6 ifolk ; Billm Durham ; Billingham , Lincoln ; Billingby , West York j Billingsgate , London ; Billingshurst , Sussex ; Billingside ,
Durham ; Billingsley , Salop jBiffingtpn , Bedfordshire and Stafford Bilgsdale , N * orthi York ; Bilsford , f Devon ; Bilsham , Sussex ; Bilsthoi ^ e , Notts ;^ Leicester ; Bilton , Forthumberlarxd , Warwick East , West and Forth York . It takes the form Bilsing in Biisington . Billing is commonly supposed to be a form of the Norse name Billing , but this is evidently an error , as it
is one of the names tnost diffused in the period of the English settlement . The present name , Billing , is most likely derived from one of the places of that name . Bin ( a box ) is now known in the name Binns . Binning is found in Binnington , and the word Bin , under the forms of Binham , Binacre ,
Binchester ; Bincombe , Bindon , Binegar , Binfield , Binley , Binscomb , Binsey , Binstead , Binton , and Bintree , are found all over the country Bing or Byng , found as a name , and in JBing , „ 3 ingfield , Bingham
and Bingley , is most likely a contraction of Binning . There is perhaps some relation between Binning and Benning . Birch ( the tree ) is a well known common name . The form Birchington . is found in Kent . There is the name Burchett . A dialectic
form of this word is Birk . Bird , ( the tree ) another well-known common name . Birdingbury in Warwickshire , preserves the name of the collective . Burder is Birder . It is commonly supposed to mean a fowler , as being a name professionally original , but it is most likely an inflection of Bird in the ending er . The like is to be said of Burdett . Birk ( see Birch ) :
Black 1 b a name derived from the colour . The names now taken from it are Black , Blackett , Blacker , Blackman . Blacker is likewise a local name . The words Blaxhall and Blaxton show the ancient use of the name as a man ' s name . Blake is a distinct name and an ancient one . In Blakenham and Blakenhall we have the inflection in mg . The forms of this work cannot always be distinguished from Black . Bleak , the fish , appears to supply a name ^ but it cannot be now identified . Blue is now found in Blewett , This root has been little used