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.

Beaumont

Major Settlement in the Parish of Beaumont

Historical Forms

  • Bello Monte 1232,1301 Ch
  • Beumund c.1240 Laner 1279,1292 Ass
  • Bewmond 1392 Norfolk
  • Bemund 1279,1292 Ass 1312 Ipm
  • Beaumont 1291 Tax
  • Beaumund 1292 Ass
  • Beaumound 1332 Carliol
  • Beaumond 1332 SR 1346 Cl
  • Beaumont al. Beamond 1618 DKRxxxviii
  • Biaumont 1319 Carliol
  • Beamound 1465 Pat
  • Beamount 1496 Ipm
  • Beamont 1576 S
  • aula de Beumund 1300 GDR

Etymology

A common Norman-French place-name, meaning 'beautiful hill.'“Beaumont, a town so named of the fair hill on which it stands from whence every way lies a goodly prospect” (Denton 79).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name