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.

Bennah

Early-attested site in the Parish of Christow

Historical Forms

atte Bydene 1333 SR

atter Bydene 1346 Ass

Etymology

For the interpretation, v. Bidna supra 102. Bennah lies at the head of a deep valley.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Christow