Beaudesert
Major Settlement in the Parish of Beaudesert
Historical Forms
- (Castellum) de Bello Deserto 1141 GeoffreydeMandeville 17th
- Bealdesert 1175 P
- Beaudesert(e) 1221 Ass 1584 FF
- Beawdesert(e) 1589 PCC
- Beldesert 1180 ChancR 1202 FF 1656 Dugdale
- Beudesert 1199 FF 1262 Ass 1356 ADiii 1376 BM
- Beadesert 1227 ClR
- in Bello Deserto 1242 FF 1296,1495 Ipm
- Belloderco 1328 Ch
- Belteserd 1282 ADiii
- Beltesert 1291 ADiv
- Baudesert 1368 Wigorn
- Bewdesert(e) 1429 ADiv
- Bewdesarde 1546 SR
- Bewdesert al. Belsert 1618 FF
- Bewdesert al. Belsart 1629 Recov
- Bewdsart 1633 Sess
- Belserte 1447 ADv
- Bellesert t.Hy8 MinAcct
- Belzert 1587 FF
- Belsert al. Beaudesert 1655 FF
- Beaudesert al. Belldesert al. Bellsert al. Bewdesert 1756 Recov
Etymology
'Beautiful waste (land),' a Norman French name, v. Introd. xxiv. Cf. Beaudesert (St) and IPN i, 115. It is the name of the Norman French castle held by Thurstan de Montfort in the reign of Stephen (Round, Geoffrey de Mandeville 65).