Beetham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Beetham
Historical Forms
- Biedun 1086 DB
- Biethum 1200–15 Kendii,143,214
- Bethum 1090–7 Ch 1308 Kendii,142 1120–30 YCh 1157 Cockers 1184–90 Lanc 1189–96 P 1202 Cur 1207 MinAcct 1534
- Bethume 1254 Ipm
- Beethume 1650 Ct
- Bethome 1187–1200 Kendii,115 1376 Ipm 1411 Pap 1634 Dep
- Bethom 1325–50 M 1348 Ipm 1396 Pap 1537 Kendi,73
- Bethome in Kendall 1425 Pat
- Beethome 1420 Kendi,189 1630 1707 Bthm
- Betene 1190–5 LaCh
- Beuthum 1198–9 Kendi,380
- Buethum 1208 FF
- Beithum l.12 Weth
- Bithum 1206 Cur
- Betum 1202 Pipe
- Betun 1207 ib
- Bethun 1211,1257 P 1291 Tax
- Betham(e) 1375 Pat 1441 Richm 1754 Pococke
- Beetham 1612,1647 Bthm 1659 WilsonL 1696 PR(Md)
Etymology
This name is to be taken in conjunction with other names in the vicinity, R. Beela (i, 3supra ), the name of the river which joins the Kent in Beetham parish, with the older form of Leighton Beck (infra ), which is the southern boundary of the parish, and with the f.ns. Belleside and Bethegate (infra ). Ekwall (DEPN 35, RN 31) derives Beetham from ON bjóðum , dat.plur. of bjóð 'a table', used, it is supposed, of 'a plateau, a piece of flat ground', and he compares the Norw p.ns. Utbjoe , Indbjoe (NG xi, 90–1), but it would be difficult to determine what local topographical feature would conform to such an interpretation, unless it were flat river-meadows by the Beela, which seems doubtful. There is, however, another possibility in an ON word bjǫð , which has been recognised as distinct from bjǫð by Heggstad and others, but with considerable hesitation about its origin and meaning (cf. Jóhannesson 953, J. de Vries, Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 41, A. M. Sturtevant, Scandinavian Studies and Notes xvi (1941), 222). The word bjǫð is recorded only as a plur. form and has usually been taken to mean 'earth, land' in the poetic sources where it is found. In an excellent and detailed examination of this word in its poetic contexts and of related words in Swedish and other Scandinavian p.ns. and dialects in Arkiv för nordisk filologi lx, 38–51, Professor Lennart Moberg shows that the nom.sg. would be ON *beð (nom.plur. bjǫð ) and its primary meaning in ON would be something like 'embankment' (as in Swed dial. bjäd neut., bjäde masc.); this would appear to be a development of the meaning of ultimately related words like Lat fodio 'dig', fossa 'ditch', Welsh bedd 'grave', OE bedd , ON beðr 'bed, flood-bed', etc. (cf. also Sturtevant, op. cit. , Pokorny 113–4).Beetham would mean 'amongst the embankments' and Beela 'the embankment river', doubtless in allusion to banks made to control its flow or overflowing. There is some ambiguity in the significance of the sporadic variant spellings Biedun (Biethum ), Beuthum , Buethum , Beithum and Bithum as against the predominant ME Bethum forms; the two early Bie -forms could be AN spellings for ME Bē -, and would, if anything, favour ON bjóðum (rather than bjǫðfum ), but it is not improbable that Bie - as well as Beu - are attempts to represent stages in the mutation and stress-shifting of PrScand *beðum to bjǫðum (cf. also the spellings of Deepdale ii, 222infra ).The later forms Beethom (e ), etc. would represent the late ME lengthening of -e - to -ē - in an open syllable. v. Addenda.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Arnside Tower
- Saltcotes
- Aikbank
- Cappleside Hall
- Crackenthorpe
- Dallam Tower
- Farleton
- Flustey
- Hale
- Hang Bridge & Hang Hill
- Haverbrack
- Hazelslack
- Leighton Beck
- Overthwaite
- Storth
- Thorigg
- Whasset
- Ulpha
- Halecat
- Helton Tarn
- Latterbarrow
- Nichols Moss & Wood
Other OS name
- Arnside Knott, Moors & Park
- The Birks
- Black Dyke
- Blackstone Point
- Briar Field
- Copridding Wood
- Dobshall Wood
- Frith Wood
- Grubbins Wood
- Hagg Wood
- Hare Parrock
- Heathwaite
- Hollins Fm
- Inglemere
- Middlebarrow Hill
- New Barns
- Red Hills
- Salt Marsh
- Stonycroft
- Uplands
- Wood Head
- Arnbarrow
- Atkinson's Bridge
- Beetham Bridge, Fell, Hall, Mill, & Park
- Broom Field
- Burntbarrow Plant
- Carr Bank
- Chapel Hill
- Cornthwaite
- Crag Mount
- Creep i' th' Call Bridge
- Dallam Wheel
- Deepdale Ho
- Dick Fell Hill
- Dolly Wood
- Ellers
- Elmsfield
- Farleton Beck, Bridge, Fell, & Knott
- Fell End
- Fiery Ho
- Friar Cote
- Hale Fell, Green, Head, & Moss
- Higging Head
- High Cote
- Hodgson's Bridge
- Hollins Well
- Holme Beck
- Kiln-, Green, Kiln Hall
- Knotts Hill
- Longthroughs Wood
- Low Ho
- Marsden Fm
- Milnthorpe Sands
- Moor Rigg
- Moss Hall
- The Park
- Pool Darkin
- Puddle Mire
- Pye's Bridge Fm
- St John's Chapel & Cross
- St Michael's Church & Well
- Saltmarsh
- Sandside
- Shaw Ho
- Slack Head
- Sunny Hall Wood
- Tarn Bank & Close
- Temple Bank
- Thompson's Bridge
- Thrang End Bridge
- Throughs Lane
- Townend Fm
- Underlaid Wood
- Waterhouse Mill
- Whinscar Plant
- Wood Edge
- Wray
- Birkswood
- Crag Wood
- Highstock Bridge
- Longriddings Wood
- Meathop Fell, Marsh, Moss, & Park
- Salt Marsh
- Askew Green
- Bark Ho
- Beck Head
- Bellart How
- Birks
- Bleacott
- Bleacrag Bridge
- Boat Bridge
- Bowes Lodge
- Bowgreave Busk
- Buckhouse Wood
- Burns Bridge
- Cat Crag
- Crag Wood
- Elleray Coppy
- Fell End
- Fern Hill
- Foulshaw
- High Yeat
- Holy Well
- Key Moss
- Kirket Nook
- Knot Wood
- Lawns Ho
- Levens Hollin
- Long Howe
- Low Wood
- Moss Howe
- Nether Hall
- Park Wood
- Salt Marsh
- Slate Hill
- Spa Ho(lost)
- Strickland Hill
- Stripe Bridge
- Town End
- Turner Hill
- Witherslack Hall
- Yewbarrow
Major Settlement
Field
- Abbs Well
- Ash croft
- the Barn close
- Barrows moss
- Beck croft
- Bellowside
- Birks moss
- Blackmire scout
- high & low Boon
- Bowskill field
- Brant bank & side
- Briaram
- Brigg flat
- Briscar moss
- the Broad Oake
- Brockholes
- Bug mire
- Bull copy
- the Burnt Yew
- Burrow close
- Bylands
- Challen Ings
- Church banks
- Cocks greave
- Cock shutt
- Crabtree acre
- Cringle meadow
- Crook
- Datham
- Dones
- Dowkers moss
- Draggelt
- Ducketts Laythalt
- Dugsdale ford
- Eellands
- Elbow greave
- Fairslack
- Farleton Ings
- the Flatts
- the Force
- Ford mouth
- far & near Gale
- Gingerbread well
- Goose garth
- the Grave Stone
- Green mow
- Greyside
- Hall croft
- Haverbrack Miln
- Haverridding
- Hare holme
- Hawking hill
- high Haws
- Heater field
- Heathwaite
- Hegmire
- Hempland
- Hogherd garden
- Holme gate
- Honey pot
- Howriggs
- Ings
- Jacob -
- Keasdales
- Kellet green
- Kilner close
- Kinnicle
- Laking howe
- Lamb park
- Leave brigg
- Longlands
- Long stone
- Low croft
- Mains
- Mathew moss
- Miln parrock
- Moor hawes
- Morethwaite
- Morris
- Mowser
- Newlands
- Nooket well
- Offenrigg side
- Pannier well
- Pease bank
- Pinder croft
- Procter park
- Randfield
- Ravenscout
- Rawthwell moss
- the Red Head
- Red Well Bleath
- Rings
- Roans nooke
- Rowdy croft
- Rowkellet well
- Sanderings meadow
- Sandubb
- Sill bread
- Sill carr
- Silver hill
- Simeon hill
- Simon Keld
- Sleadale meadow
- Sleaty holm
- Slipby beck
- Stack parrock
- Stang meadow
- Staveley stone
- Stephlin gap or gate
- Swine cheek
- Tan pit bottom
- Thackmire
- Tows
- Tram
- Tunnock
- Tyson 's steel
- Undergreaves
- Upcast
- Waterdale
- Weychelt
- Whaitleys
- Wheat cake
- Whinney hill
- White well
- Womb
- Wringnook
- Wythwaite
- Yanham
- Yewrake
- Annyhouse
- Bast ( e ) wo ( o ) d
- Bethegate
- Blaketcroft
- Bowlands
- Broad yat
- Dovecrofte Hall
- Dufenrigge
- Ellerschawe
- Estbretpolle
- Fulsyk
- Heron milne
- Kelcarre
- Kirkebrek
- Lang ( e ) grefe
- Laxthwait
- Longrigge parke
- Nichols parke
- le Orchard
- Pekell
- Pinfold Flatte
- Potters erth
- le Pulle
- Rawlincrosse yeat
- Rigrinmelsuthen
- Skabbedhall gapp
- Stodfald
- Toddegile
- Turnorwod
- Ullrefurthebec
- Ulstaynrege
- Wyn ( d ) yettes