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.

Bevendean

Early-attested site in the Parish of Falmer

Historical Forms

  • Bevedene 1086 DB
  • Bevenden 1230 FF 1288 Ass
  • Bevinden, Bevynden, Bevyngden 1260 FF 1433 BM 1454 IpmR 1631 SAC47,146

Etymology

'Beofa's valley,' v. denu , with the same pers. name as in Bevern Bridge supra 297.

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