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.

Waterbeach

Major Settlement in the Parish of Waterbeach

Historical Forms

  • Bechia a.1086 YCh c.1280
  • Beche 1169–70 ElyM 1412 FA
  • Vtbech 1086 DB
  • Udbec(h)e, Udbecce, Vtbeche 1086 InqEl
  • Waterbech(e) 1237 FF 1395 Cl
  • Waterbecche 1326 ib
  • Waterbeke t.Eliz ChancP
  • Watirbeche c.1278 ElyA 1331 FF 1376 Pat
  • Watrebeche 1351 ib
  • Watterbech 1281 Ch
  • Watterbeach 1568 RHistS
  • Waterbeach 1337 FF
  • Waterbeach cum Denny 1740 Coleviii
  • Waterbeyche 1279 RH

Etymology

v. Landbeach supra 179.