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.

Bedwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bexhill

Historical Forms

  • bedan seaðe 772 BCS208 c.1300

Etymology

Bedwell (not on map) is perhaps identical with bedan seaðe 772 (c. 1300) BCS 208. The old name means 'Bæda 's pit,' v. seað .