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.

William Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Helmsley

Historical Forms

Willelmesbec(h) 1160,c.1180 Riev

Williambek 1192 Kirkham 14 ib

Wylʒambek c.1250 Kirkham

Etymology

'William's stream' v. bekkr .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement