Beaumont Chase
Major Settlement in the Parish of Beaumont Chase
Historical Forms
- Bellomonte 1203 PatR
- foresta de Bellomonte 1203 ib
- Beumund' 1254 Cl
- Beumunt 1255 Pat
- Beaumund 1266,1286 For
- Beaumunt 1257 Cl
- Beaumount 1344 For
- Beaumond 1365 1375 Cl
- Beamund 1286 Ass 1302 Cl
- Beamond 1510 MinAcct 1611 SP
- Beamount 1551 Pat 1610 Speed
- Beamount Chase 1633 Bru
- the Chase or Forest called Beamont 1665 Deed
- Beamont Chase 1670 Rental 1684 FF
Etymology
'Beautiful hill', v. beau , mont , cf. Beaumont Leys Lei. The area was once a chase for breeding and hunting wild animals, v. chace .