Bevercotes
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bevercotes
Historical Forms
- Beu'cate (sic) 1192 France
- Beuerc(h)ote t.Ric1 Dane
- Beuercot 1201 Dugdiv 1201–12 RBE 1235 Fees 1292–1300 Ipm
- Beverecot' 1224 FF
- Beverescot 1247 Ch
- Beuercotes 1203 FF 1242 Fees 1281 FF
- Beuerkotes c.1280 Blyth
- Beverecotes 13th ib
- Bevercottes 1568 Wills
- Beaver Coates 1665 SR
- Berecotes 1327 ADvi
Etymology
'The beaver cotes or dwellings,' the reference being presumably to actual dams or other structures built by these animals.