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.

Beacon Corner, Beacon Hill, Beacon Plant.

Other OS name in the Parish of Puddletown

Etymology

( 1811 OS ) , cf. le becon apud Whiteborne 1625Wal , v. (ge)bēacon , hwīt , burna .