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.

Beer

Major Settlement in the Parish of Beer

Historical Forms

Bera 1086 DB

Bere 1242 Fees 1275 RH 1291 Tax

Beare 1303 FA 1337 SR

Etymology

v. bearu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Bovey Ho