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.

Bexton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Knutsford

Historical Forms

  • Bexton 1260 Court 1271 Chol
  • Bexiston 1306 Tab
  • Bexxton 1316 ib
  • Bexston 1522 Mere
  • Baxton c.1260 Rich 17
  • Pexton 1553 Pat
  • Bexon 1724 NotCestr

Etymology

'Bēac's farm', from an OE  pers.n. Bēac , v. tūn . For the pers.n. cf. Beswick La 35, Bexwell Nf (DEPN).