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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.

Bere Court

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pangbourne

Etymology

Bere Court, 1761 Rocque, cf. La Bere 13thReadingC , Bere 1305 Cl (p), The Bere 1542 Leland, (manor of ) Beare 1573 VCH iii303, 'swine pasture', v. bǣr 2 .