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.

Middle Beck

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • 1850 TA
  • middelbekkis 1333 Rut
  • Middlebek 1344 Rut
  • middle beckes 1601 Terrier
  • Middle Beeckes 1605 Terrier
  • Midlebeck 1625 Terrier
  • Midle Becks 1629 Terrier

Etymology

Middle Beck (middelbekkes e. 14, 1366, middelbekkis 1333, Middlebek 1344, middle beckes 1601, Middle Beeckes 1605, Midlebeck 1625, Midle Becks 1629 (1712), v. middel, bekkr)