Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• lez bedeshowses 1580 GrimsFC

• lez beadehowses 1591 ib

• The beadhouses 1665 GrimsChamb

• Beadhowse 1667 GrimsCLeet

• (ye) Beadhouse 1679,1683,1695 GrimsChamb

• the Bead houses 1707 GrimsCLeet

• the Beadhouses 1680 GrimsCBix 1724 Td'E

• ye Bead houses 1709 GrimsCLeet

Etymology

The Beadhouses (lost), lez bedeshowses 1580GrimsFC , lez beadehowses 1591ib , The beadhouses 1665GrimsChamb , Beadhowse 1667GrimsCLeet , (y e) Beadhouse 1679, 1683, 1695GrimsChamb , the Bead houses 1707GrimsCLeet , the Beadhouses 1680GrimsCB ix , 1724Td 'E , ye Bead houses 1709GrimsCLeet , cf. Bead house Closes 1700ib et passim to 1842TA , 'the prayer-house(s), chapel(s)', v. bed-hūs; there does not seem to be any indication of the site.