Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bera 1175–86(p),1194(p),1195 P 1203 RC

• Bere 1244 Ass 1270 FF 1285 FA 1290 Ch 1299 Ipm 1431 FA

• Bere Plukenet 1346 UD

• Berehaket 1362 FF 1454 1483 DCMDeed

• Berehakat' 1495 Sher

• Bereha(c)ket(t) 1532,1558 Sher 1563 Digby

• Bere Haket 1368 Sher 1383 Cl

• Beer(e) Haket(t) 1380,1410,1419 Sher 1483 IpmR

• Beer(e) Hakatt' 1500 Sher

• Beer(e) Hackitt 1621 Strode 17

• Beer(e) Hacket(t) 1667 DCMDeed

• Beer Hacket alias Hackwood 1795 Boswell

• Biere 1382 Sher

• Beare, Bear juxta Yatemynstre 1412 FA

• Beare hagard 1575 Saxton

• Berre Hackett 1621 Strode 17

Etymology

'(Woodland) pasture', v. bǣr 2 , or 'wood, grove', v. bearu , cf. Bere Regis 1273. The manor was held by Haket de Bera in 1176 to 1186 P, cf. Haket pater Hamonis de Bera 1194 P, William Haket 1203 RC, and the f.n. Hakettysknoll 1449DCMDeed (v. cnoll ); the pers.n. Haket is an AN diminutive of ON , OSwed  Haki , ODan  Hake (Tengvik 212). Alan Plukenet held a fee here in 1284–6 (Eliz) Kirkby, cf. also Alan de Plugenet 1290 Ch. Bere Hackett is ½ mile N of Yetminster.