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.

Higher Bebington & Lower Bebington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bebington

Historical Forms

  • Bedintone 1096–1101 Chest 1150
  • Beditona 1175 Facs
  • Bebinton 1096–1101 Chest 1280
  • Bebynton 1535 VE
  • Bebynton in Wyrhale 1386 Pat
  • Bebbynton 1549 Sheaf
  • Bebington H2 Orm2 1666 Chest 1270–83
  • Bebyngton(e), Bebyngthone, Bebbington 1583 Sheaf 1880 Orm2
  • Byuinton 1324 Orm2
  • Bulyngton 1351 BPR
  • Bibynton 1403 Fine
  • Bevyngton 1534–47 Dugd
  • Bevington 1686 Sheaf
  • Beventon 1695 ib
  • Bobynton 1535 VE
  • Beabington 1646 Sheaf

Etymology

'Farm called after Bebba', from the OE  pers.n. Bebba and -ing-, tūn. Cf. Higher Bebington, Lower Bebington 245supra , 248infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name