English Place-name Society

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.

Bellasize

Major Settlement in the Parish of Eastrington

Historical Forms

  • Belasis(e), Belasyse 1212 Cur 1246,1280 Ass 1498 FF
  • Belassis(e) 1296 Pat 1343 FF
  • Belassisse 1367 YD
  • Bealassis 1432 ib
  • Bellisise 1548 FF

Etymology

'Beautiful seat,' a name of French origin and fairly common (cf. Belsize, PN Nth 232).