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.

Bevington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ham & Stone

Historical Forms

  • Beuinton, Bevinton, Bevyn(g)ton 1234,1243 Berk 1248 Ass c.1250 Berk 1305 MinAcct 1577 FF
  • Benyntone (sic) 1287 QW
  • Bebington 1540 MinAcct

Etymology

Bevington, Beuinton , Bevinton , Bevyn (g )ton 1234, 1243 Berk, 1248Ass , c. 1250 Berk, 1305MinAcct et passim to 1577FF , Benyntone (sic)1287 QW, Bebington 1540MinAcct . 'Farmstead associated with Bēofa', v. -ing 4 , tūn ; the pers.n. is an OE  Bēofa as in Bevington (Wa 220).