Hungry Bentley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Hungry Bentley
Historical Forms
- Beneleie (sic) 1086 DB
- Benethleia c.1166 HarlCh
- Ben(e)t(e)ly, Ben(e)t(e)ley(e) 1291 Tax Ed1 DbAiv 1309,1312 Darley 1330 Ass
- Hungrybentele 1269 Ass
- Hungrybeneteleye 1281 ib
- Hungre Bentley 1431 FA
- Hungrybentley 1464 FF
Etymology
'Clearing where bent-grass grew', v. beonet , lēah . The place was apparently well-named Hungry (v. hungrig 'poor, unproductive land'), for it is now depopulated and one of the 'lost' villages of Derbyshire. Cf. Fenny Bentley supra 344.