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.

Bybeck

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • Bibeck c.1270 NB

Etymology

, 1829 Dir , Bibeck c. 1270 NB 486 , probably ' (farm) by the stream ' , v. , bekkr , but it could mean ' village stream ' ( v. ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement