Beighton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Beighton
Historical Forms
- (æt) Bectune c.1002 ASWills c.1100 DB 1086
- Becton(e) 1233 FineR 1236 FF 1328 CampbCh
- Bechton(e) 1276 DKR 1330 Ass
- Becktone 1258 FF
- Beghton c.1270 Beau 1281 FF 1305 Orig 17th
- Beeton 1269 Ass 1292 FF
- Beyghton, Beighton 1347 Ipm 1372,1400 Halliii
- Boyghton alias Beighton 1408 Pat 1545 DKR 1577 DbAi
Etymology
'Farm by the brook', v. bece 1 , tūn ; the stream is presumably Ochre Dyke, a tributary of the R. Rother.