Bepton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bepton
Historical Forms
- Babintone 1086 DB 1235,1240 FF 1303 Ass
- Bebbinton 1240 FF
- Bebinton, Bebynton 1248,1281 FF 1282 Ipm 1303 Ass 1304–7 Ipm 1305 Fine 1327 SR 1329,1339 Ipm
- Bebington 1263,1277 FF 1282 Ipm 1333 Ch
- Bebbyngeton 1340 NI
- Bebyton, Bebiton 1296 SR 1303 Ipm 1304–7 Ipm 1305 Fine 1327,1332 SR 1334 ADiv 1357 Ipm
- Bebeton 1304 Ipm 1428 FA 1479 IpmR
- Bebyngton al. Bebton 1527 SRS14
- Bybyton al. Bepton 1583 Recov
- Bebton al. Bebyngton 1584 SRS19
- Bebton 1726 MarL
Etymology
'Farm of Bæbbe (f) or Bæbba (m),' v. ingtun . The fem. form is on actual record in Bede (iii. 6) as the name of the queen of Aethelfrith of Northumbria, from whom Bamburgh (Nb) is derived.