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.

Beckworth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lindfield

Historical Forms

  • le Backworth 1631 MallingCtBk
  • Cheters Beckworth 1632 SRS14,199

Etymology

Beckworth is le Backworth 1631Malling CtBk , Cheters Beckworth 1632 SRS 14, 199. The forms are too late for any certainty to be possible.