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Becklands Fm & Becklands Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum

Historical Forms

  • Bickland Lane 1769 DCMMap
  • 'lands called Becklands' 1558–79 ChancP
  • Gt Beckland & Lt Beckland, Beckland Plot 1843 TA

Etymology

( Bickland Lane 1769DCMMap ), named from'lands called Becklands '1558–79 ChancP, Gt Beckland & Lt Beckland , Beckland Plot 1843TA , cf. Beckland PN D 77 which is Bekeland 1167 , from the OE  pers.n. Becca and land .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement