English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Bell Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of Brocklesby

Historical Forms

  • Bell pit 1810 Yarb

Etymology

, Bell pit 1810Yarb , cf. Bellpit ( t ) Field 1765 , 1774 , ib , Bell pit close 1824ib , probably from the Bell family , well - evidenced in the Brocklesby PR , cf. Margaret Bell 1593 , William Bell 1753 .