Bengeworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bengeworth
Historical Forms
- Benigwrthia 709 BCS125 c.1200
- Benincgurthe 714 BCS130 16th
- Benincwyrðe 780 BCS235 11th
- Bennincguuyrð 907 BCS616 11th
- Bynnyncgwyrðe 980 KCD625 11th
- Bennincwyrð 1003 KCD1299 c.1200
- Benningeorde, Bennicworte c.1086 DB
- Bennichwrth, Benningwrth c.1086 EveA&B 1190
- Beningworth 1251 Ch
- Benychworth 1274 ADiii
- Beiiingeworthe 1275 SR
- Beningword 1275 Wigorn 1280 Ch
- Bengeworth(e) 1393 ADii 1535 VE
- Benger 1692 Marr
Etymology
'Enclosure of Be(o)nna,' the name Beonna or Benna being a pet-form of a pers. name in Beorn -, v. ing , worð . Cf. Benham (Berks), Bennanham in BCS 1055.