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.

Beenleigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Harberton

Historical Forms

  • Bynnelegh 1330 SR

Etymology

That is an old name and it may be that this place-name is manorial rather than local in origin, the family of Isabella de B. coming from Beenleigh supra .