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.

Banstead

Major Settlement in the Parish of Banstead

Historical Forms

  • Benstede 675,933(13th) BCS 697,1225 Ass 1259,1275 Ipm 1439 Pat
  • Bænstede 1062 KCD812 13th
  • Benestede, Benesteda 1086 DB c.1150 Crawf 1169 P 1198 FF 1207 Cur 1225 Ass 1227 FF 1228 Ch
  • Banested 1196 FF 1206 Cur 1260–84 Ch
  • Bennestede c.1200 BM
  • Banstede 1198 FF 1796 Faden
  • Banstyde 1280 Cl
  • Bandstede, Bendestede 1317–21 Ipm
  • Bendestede 1318 FF
  • Bampsted 1597 SrWills
  • Bansted al. Bampsted 1724 Recov

Etymology

'Place where beans are cultivated,' v. stede . Cf. to bean stede (BCS 820) in the bounds of Merstham, not far distant.