Besford
Major Settlement in the Parish of Moreton Corbet
Historical Forms
- Betford 1086 DB
- Beyford 1244 Ch
- Besford 1249 SBL5409
- Besfort' 1569 SBL5769
- Besseford 1254 Ipm 1394 Cl
- Bessford 1271-2 Ass 1657 PR(StA) 1807 PR(StA) 1833 OS
- Basseford' 1271-2 Ass
- Basford 1346 FA
- Bassford 1804,36 PR(L)
Etymology
'Betti's ford'. The development to Besford is paralleled in Besford Wo, for which there is an OE spellmg Bettesford . The personal name Betti is also the first element of Beslow, which is not too far away to be associated with the same man.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Besford Wd
- Castle Rough
- Redhill Cottage
- Ash Coppice
- Bolas Waste
- Blaze Coppice
- Drepewood Gorse
- Preston Hall
- Prestonlea Coppice
- Preston Springs
- Rock Hall
Early-attested site
Major Settlement
Field
- Barn Yd
- Besford Wd Pce
- Bowling Green
- The Britches
- The Brooms
- Common Pce ( s )
- Coney Burrow
- Coppice
- Crabtree Lsw
- Croft
- Crofts
- Croft ( s )
- Cross Ash
- Forge Croft
- Green Fd
- Idle Bank
- Leasow
- Ley Lsw
- Lincoln Pits
- The Low Ground
- Marl Pce
- The Meadow
- Mill Croft
- Mill Fd
- Mill Lane
- Moor Pce
- Muck Pce
- Near Greaves
- New Lsw
- New Pce
- Phinnis Mdw
- Pool Foot
- Quickset Croft
- The Roadway
- Schoolhouse Croft
- Sneeze
- Stony Fd
- T Pce
- Townsend
- Water Pool
- Wier Mdw
- Wheat Lsw
- ( The ) Wood Fd
- Yard ( s )
- The Yard
- Besford Feild
- The Birches
- The Cryn
- Edgare Feilde
- Lytle Moor
- Margarette Way
- The Meare Greaves
- Myll Oxe Leasow
- Neither Yard
- Organs Fold
- Le Smyethe