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Great Becketts and Little Becketts olim Minchens

Early-attested site in the Parish of Arkesden

Historical Forms

  • Menchens 1387 Walden
  • Mynchous(feld) 1452 ADvi
  • Mynchon 1538 LP
  • Mynchions 1563 FF
  • Beckcoats 1768 M
  • Beckets 1777 C

Etymology

Great Becketts and Little Becketts olim Minchens (6″) is Menchens 1387Walden , Mynchous (feld )1452 AD vi, Mynchon 1538 LP, Mynchions 1563FF , Beckcoats 1768 M, Beckets 1777 C. v. myncen . The 'manor of Mynchens or the Parsonage alias Beckets' (M ii, 591) belonged to the Nunnery of Campsey.