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.