Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• (æt) Fulanpettæ c.1000 ASWills 11th

• Fulepet 1086 DB

• Bealmont 1175–80 BM

• Beumund 1238 SR 1264 Misc

• Beumunt 1262 Ch

• Bewmund 1296 Ipm

• Bewmond(e) 1400 Cl 1463 Pat

• Bello Monte 1243 FF 1322 Londin

• Bellemonte 1291 Tax

• Beaumont 1263 Pap 1379 Pat 1428 FA

• Beaumont by Mosse 1586 Harrison

• Beaumund 1271 FF 1272 Pat

• Beaumond 1303,1346 FA 1384 Pat

• bomund' t.Ric2 Rental

• Bemond(e) 1427 Pat 1428 FA

• Bemount 1449 Pat

• Beamond, Beamond Berners t.Hy6 Harl 1535 VE 1544 FF

• Bemond alias Beaumont 1462 Pat

• Berners (t. Hy 6 Harl)

Etymology

The original English 'foul hollow' (v. ful , pytt ) has been replaced by the more pleasant French 'fair hill' (AN  beumont ), the place being just above the marshes. The early Mod Eng forms show the natural pronunciation as in the surname Beauchamp or Beecham and in Beamond End (PN Bk 154). There seems now no trace of this. On the identification v. VCH i, 396. Berners , from Sir John Burghchier, Lord Berners (t. Hy 6Harl ).