Beacham Spring
Early-attested site in the Parish of Asby
Historical Forms
- Beuchamp 1246–9 Lowth(AB20)
- Beuchaumpe 1270 ib
- Beacham 1843 TA
- Beacham 1780,1782 PR
Etymology
Beacham Spring, Beuchamp 1246–9Lowth (AB 20), Beuchaumpe 1270 ib 24, Beacham 1843TA . A French p.n. 'beautiful field' from OFr bel-champ , common in France (Vincent §808). Beacham Spring may be more directly named from the family of George or John Beacham (1780, 1782 PR 13, 103), whose name probably originated in the older p.n.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Armaside Wood
- Asby Beck, Grange, Hall, Mask, Mill, & Scar
- Crosby Ho
- Lousy Brow
- Scalebeck
- Whitley Crag
- Bow Bridge
- Linglow
- Sayle Bottom & Lane
- Whitewall
- Asket Dub
- Bull Hole
- Burneybeck Sike
- Burtree
- Butter Gill(lost)
- Butts Green
- Castle Folds
- Clockeld
- Coalpit Sike
- Cowdale Slack
- Crabtree Hill
- Fell Head
- Goodles, Goodlie Hill
- Grange Hall
- Grange Scar
- Great & Little Asby Scar
- Great Kettle
- Hayton Holme
- Howes Bield & Well
- Howe Slacks
- Keld Well
- Kellybark Lane
- Markclose Wood
- Millmoor
- Mill Race
- Millrigg
- Muddy Gill
- Patrick's Bridge
- Reckarpot
- St Helen's Well
- St Leonard's Chapel (site)
- Whitestones
- Whygill, Whygill Head
- Beacham's Barn
- Dona Close
- St Thomas's Well
- Seavy Dub
- Stannerstones
- Stenkeld
- Town Head
- Trowlands
- Watergill Sike
- Waterhouses