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.

Beckside

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • th'beckside 1682 PR

Etymology

, th 'beckside 1682 PR , beside the R. Lowther , v. bekkr , sīde .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement