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.

Bellhurst

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beckley

Historical Forms

  • Bellest 1086 DB
  • Belhurst 1279 Ass
  • Belherst 1320 Misc
  • Beleshurst 1296 SR
  • Belshurst 1440 FF

Etymology

Bellhurst is Bellest 1086 DB, Belhurst 1279Ass (p), Belherst 1320 Misc, Beleshurst 1296 SR (p), Belshurst 1440 FF (p), v. Bellhurst supra 456.

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