Bedham Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Dullingham
Historical Forms
- Bethlinge 1314 Clare
- Bethlyngfeld 1337 ib
- Bedlingge 1315 Clare
- Bedlynge 1344 ib
- Bedlyngehyll 1428 1478 StCatharine's
- Bedlengefeld 1334 Clare
- Bedhynggfeld 1327 Clare
- Bedlam Hill c.1825 O.S.
Etymology
We possibly have here a compound of *bydel , a diminutive of *byde , 'hollow, depression,' discussed s. n. Bidwell (PN Nth 222), and hlinc , 'hill by the hollow,' cf. PN in -ing 28–30.