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Badby
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English
Etymology
Meaning 'Badda's fortified place', from en ang Baddanbyrġ, from the personal name ang Badda, genitive singular ang Baddan + ang byriġ, the dative case of ang burh fortress. The first syllable of the second element was elided over time through natural erosion, which led to it sounding identical to the common en non --rooted locative ending en -by.
Proper noun
en village/and/cpar in x/West Northamptonshire co/Northamptonshire cc/England previously in dist/Daventry OS grid ref SP5658.
References
Parish map
The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names by Victor Watts, ISBN: 978-0-521-16855-7