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.

High Bentham & Lower Bentham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Overbentham 1404 ADv 1591,1607 FF 1681 YASMd
  • Upper Bentham 1598 FF
  • Nether Bentham 1598,1607 FF
  • Lower Bentham 1674 PR

Etymology

High Bentham & Lower Bentham, Overbentham 1404 AD v, 1591, 1607 FFet freq to 1681YAS Md 293, Upper Bentham 1598 FF, and Nether Bentham 1598, 1607 FF, Lower Bentham 1674 PR.

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement