Beaumont
Major Settlement in the Parish of Beaumont
Historical Forms
- Bello Monte 1232,1301 Ch
- Beumund c.1240 Laner 1279,1292 Ass
- Bewmond 1392 Norfolk
- Bemund 1279,1292 Ass 1312 Ipm
- Beaumont 1291 Tax
- Beaumund 1292 Ass
- Beaumound 1332 Carliol
- Beaumond 1332 SR 1346 Cl
- Beaumont al. Beamond 1618 DKRxxxviii
- Biaumont 1319 Carliol
- Beamound 1465 Pat
- Beamount 1496 Ipm
- Beamont 1576 S
- aula de Beumund 1300 GDR
Etymology
A common Norman-French place-name, meaning 'beautiful hill.'“Beaumont, a town so named of the fair hill on which it stands from whence every way lies a goodly prospect” (Denton 79).