Bylam Falgate

Also spelt
Bylam Fulgate, Baylam Falgate, Bilam Falgate

See the separate page for Baylam Lane

Contents

1. Location
2. Origin of the name
   1. Bilam/Bylam
   2. Falgate
3. References to Bylam Falgate
4. Navigation

Location

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By the time that the 1843 Tithe Map was drawn up, Bylam Falgate had disappeared altogether – apart from the line of the field boundaries.
N.B. North is to the left on this map.

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Origin of the name

Bilam/Bylam

The “-ham” part of the name derives from the Old English hām = homestead, settlement or holding¹;
the Bila or Bala element would have been the family name so Bylam would be the homestead or land associated with a person called Bila/Bala (or something similar).
The variants in the spelling are in part due to the phonetic spelling rather than any fixed spellings.

Falgate

Falod / fald in Old English = fold or enclosure for animals;
–gate derives from the Old Norse gata = road, track, way²;
falgate would therefore be a drove road or enclosure-way associated with a fold or pasture.

References to Bylam Falgate

The lane is often used as a landmark by which to identify plots of land. The following is a selection of a few examples of references to Bylam Falgate under its various spellings.

Context	Year	Links and examples
3 roods of copyhold land next to Bylam Falgate between an inclosure called Deopham Close in the tenure of Gregory Hyndes, East, Land of Robert Juby, West, abutts the common pasture of Deopham, South.	1615	Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury September 1615
1½ acres by Bylam Fulgate between land lately of Oliver Browne now Gregory Hynde, East, a Common Way from Bylam Fulgate to the Church of Deepham, West, abutts a common way from Westmore …, South,	1635	Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells January 1635
1 rood of Copyhold land by Bilam Falgate in an inclosure called Deopham Close	1645	Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury September 1645 There are two references to Bilam Falgate in this one transaction: and
1½ acres of inclosed land by Bylam falgate between land lately of Oliver Browne, now or lately of Henry Hinde, East, a way from Bylam falgate to the Church of Deopham, West.	1688	Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells October 1688

Navigation

Date	Change
24/7/26	Published