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.

Bevill's Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wood Walton

Historical Forms

  • assartum Roberti de Beville 1219 Rams c.1350

Etymology

The wood and the clearing take their name from the family of Be (y )ville who held land here. The family probably took their name from Béville-le-Comte, dépt. Eure-et-Loir.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site