Beenham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Beenham
Historical Forms
- Benham 1142–84 ReadingC l.12th AddCh c.1195 Ass 1284 FF 1312–13 FA 1316
- Beneham 1242–3 Fees 1552 LRMB
- Bienham 13th ReadingC, ReadingC(2)
- Binham 1275–6 RH
- Beenham Field, Beenham Farm 1761 Rocque
Etymology
The first el. is bēan 'bean'. The second is either hām or hamm , hām being perhaps more appropriate to the site of the village, which is on relatively high ground, over a mile from the River Kennett.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Butler's Fm
- Field Barn
- Seven Acre Copse
- White's Lane
- Awbery's Fm
- Beenham Grange
- Beenham Hill
- Beenham Ho
- Beenham Lodge
- Eight Acre Gully
- Fodderhouse Copse
- Gravelpit Copse
- Gravelpit Fm
- Greyfield Wd
- Hag Pit
- Hall Place Fm
- Hare and Hounds P.H.
- High Wd, Highwood Gully
- Hill Foot Fm
- Jenning's Copse
- Keal's Copse
- Kitchen Copse
- Malthouse Fm, Malthouse Gully
- Mountsion Copse
- Northlands
- Old Copse
- Park Fm
- Pigeonhouse Gully
- Ridge's Belt
- Shrub Wd
- Withy Copse
- Clayhill Fm
- Rings Copse
- Six Bells P.H.
- Woodcock Gully
- Beenham Stocks, Stocks Fm
- Bella's Copse
- Ferris's Fm
- Rookery Copse
- Summerhouse Copse