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.

Beckingham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Beckingham

Historical Forms

  • Bechingehā 1086 DB
  • Bekingeham 1187,1195 P 1236 FF 1247 Cl 1252 FF
  • Bechinghā 1086 DB
  • Bekingham 1204 Cur 1416 Inqaqd
  • Becingham 1216 HMCVarvii
  • Bekingham in le Clay 1280 FF
  • Bekyngham juxta Gryngelay 1291 Ass
  • Bekyngham juxta Sandeby 1325 ib
  • Begingham 1252 FF
  • Beghenham t.Hy3 BM
  • Beginham 1268 Ipm
  • Begigham (sic) 1316 Ch

Etymology

'The ham(m) of Becca 's people,' v. ing .