Belmont
Early-attested site in the Parish of East Barnet
Historical Forms
- Mount Pleasant 1636 ib
Etymology
Belmont is so named in 1811 (Cass). An earlier name was Mount Pleasant 1636 ib. This gives us an early example of the name 'Mount Pleasant,' so common in farm and field-names all over the country. v. infra 263 and cf. PN Sr 371.