English Place-name Society

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.

Higher Bebington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bebington

Historical Forms

  • Parua Bebinton 1260–80 JRC
  • Little Bebynton 1491 ChRR
  • Superior Bebinton 1278 ChFor
  • Bebington Superior 1819 Orm2
  • Overbebynton 1342 ChRR 1438
  • Ouuerbebynton 1347 ChFor
  • Over- 1656 Orm2
  • Upper- 1361 BPR
  • Higher Bebington 1724 NotCestr
  • Higher Bebbington 1842 OS

Etymology

'the smaller-, the higher-, part of Bebington', v. parva , lȳtel , superior , uferra , higher , upper .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name