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.

Bewbush Manor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lower Beeding

Historical Forms

  • Beaubusson 1317 FF 1324 ADi 1407 IpmR
  • Beaubosson al. Beaubossoun 1325 Ipm
  • Beanbush (sic) 1361 IpmR
  • Beaubussh 1400 ib

Etymology

'Beautiful thicket,' a purely French name partly anglicised in later days.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement