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.

Benecke Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Portisham

Historical Forms

  • bynacker 1562 Fry

Etymology

, bynacker 1562Fry , origin uncertain ; its situation at 600 ′ under Black Down makes ' bean acre ' ( bēan , æcer ) unlikely .