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Survey of English Place-Names

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Nutbeam Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Duntisbourne Abbots

Historical Forms

  • Nutebeame 1220 Fees
  • Notebeme 1275 Glouc 1327 SR
  • Nutbeme 1535 VE 1539 CirenR
  • Nuttebeme 1540, 1542 AOMB, LP

Etymology

Nutbeam Fm, Nutebeame 1220 Fees, Notebeme 1275 Glouc, 1327SR (p), Nutbeme 1535 VE, 1539CirenR 132, Nuttebeme 1540, 1542AOMB , LP. 'The nut-tree', OE  hnutbēam , v. hnutu , bēam (the latter here having its older sense of 'tree').