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.

Benwick

Major Settlement in the Parish of Benwick

Historical Forms

  • Beymwich 1221 ElyA
  • Beymwyk 14th Cai
  • Benewich 1244 Rams
  • Benewik(e), Benewyk(e) 1244 1331 ib
  • Benwyk(e) 1256 Rams 1399,1549
  • Bennewyke 1489 ib
  • Beynwyk(e), Beynwik(e) 1251 ElyCouch 1277 Ely 1282 Pat 1298 Ass
  • Beinwich 1277 Ely
  • Beinwik(e) 1298 MinAcct
  • Beynewyk c.1350 Thorney
  • Bemwyk 1251 ElyCouch 1256 Rams
  • Bemwik 1277 Ely
  • Ben(n)ick 1645 EAvi 1763 Bowen

Etymology

Probably 'bean-farm,' v. bēan , wīc . For -ey -, -ei - from ēa , cf. s. n. Benfleet (PN Ess 142).

Places in the same Parish