Bever Grange
Early-attested site in the Parish of Axminster
Historical Forms
- Bewer, Bever 14th Newnham 1324–38 Oliver
- Bewer 1511 Oliver
Etymology
This is probably a Norman- French name identical with Belvoir (Lei), 'beautiful view,' perhaps bestowed by the nuns of Newenham Abbey. The place on a hillside with a wide prospect to the west and south.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Yetlands Fm
- Bagley Hill
- Castle Hill Fm
- Cloakham
- Frogwell Fm
- Furzley Ho
- Horslears
- Millbrook
- Slymlakes
- Sector
- Sisterhood Fm
- Symonds Down
- Tolcis Fm
- Undercleave Fm
- Uphay Fm
- Westwater
- Willhay Fm
- Woodhouse Fm