Beddingham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Beddingham
Historical Forms
- Beadyngham c.800 BCS302 14th
- ecclesiae Bedingehommes 825 BCS387 14th
- (æt) Beadingahamme c.880 BCS553 c.1000
- Bedingeham, Beddingham, Belingham 1086 DB
- Bedingeham 1121 AC 1327 SR
- Beddingeham 1190 P
- Bedingham 1231 Pat
- Bedingehamme, Bedyngehamme 1279 Ass 1325 Ipm 1332 SR
- Beddingham al. Berringham 1625 SRS14,166 1739 Recov
Etymology
'hammof Bēada 's people,' cf. Beeding supra 205. The name shows shortening in a trisyllabic word.