Beauchamps
Early-attested site in the Parish of Layston with Buntingford
Historical Forms
- Alfledauuicha 1086 DB
- Alfladewicha c.1130 BM
- Alfledewich' 1193 P 1201 Cur
- Alfledewik 1231 FF
- Alfladewic 1210–12 RBE 1212 Fees
- Alfladewyk 1303 FA
- Elfledewic' 1198 Cur
- Elfledewyk' 1287 Ass
- Ailfladewik' 1220 Fees
- Aylfladewyke 1305 FF
- Beauchamps juxta Buntyngford 1453 IpmR
- Bechamps 1579 DeedsEnrolled
- Beachams 1635 Sess
- Affledewyk al. Beauchamps 1552 FF
- Affledweeke al. Bewchamps 1567 DeedsEnrolled
- Offledwick oth. Beauchamps 1761 Recov
Etymology
Originally '(dairy) farm of a woman named Æþelflǣd ,' v. wic .Later replaced by a manorial name from the Beauchamp family who held the manor in 1303 (FA) and later.