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.

High Bentham & Lower Bentham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Overbentham 1404 ADv 1591,1607 FF 1681 YASMd
  • Upper Bentham 1598 FF
  • Nether Bentham 1598,1607 FF
  • Lower Bentham 1674 PR

Etymology

High Bentham & Lower Bentham, Overbentham 1404 AD v, 1591, 1607 FFet freq to 1681YAS Md 293, Upper Bentham 1598 FF, and Nether Bentham 1598, 1607 FF, Lower Bentham 1674 PR.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement