Not a direct answer, but NB also Bassaleg, Monmouthshire/Gwent.
Richard
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> 'Basilica' occcurs as a loan word (_baisleac_) in place names in Ireland
> (Baslick, Co. Monaghan, and Baslickane, Co. Kerry), and perhaps in Scotland
> (Paisley, G. Paislig). Is this found in any English place-names? Was the term
> 'basilica' in use in early medieval Northumbria?
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> Henry Gough-Cooper
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