Beoley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Beoley
Historical Forms
- Beoleah 972 BCS1282 c.1050
- Beolege 1086 DB
- Bielege c.1086 EveA 1190
- Buelega 1175 P
- Belega 1175 ChancR
- Beleg(e) Beleye 1220 Bracton 1221 Ass 1275,1327 SR
- Buleg, Buley 1244 Ch 1285 Wigorn 1304 Pat 1316 Ipm 1428 FA
- Beeley 1346 FA 1481 Pat 1741 Marr
- Beoley 1431 FA 1445 IpmR
Etymology
'Bee-clearing,' i.e. where they often swarm, cf. Boehill (D), byohyll in BCS 1027, beodun (BCS 797) and beocumb (BCS 633). Beoley is often confused with Beeley (Gl), as in Fine Rolls (vol. iii) and elsewhere.See Brist. and Glouc. Trans. xvii. 134, 185. Note also that Close Rolls wrongly identify Bello Loco (1331) with Beoley instead of Bewdley supra 40 and Weleye (1280) with Beoley instead of Weoley in Northfield infra 350. In the bounds of Beoley (BCS 1282) we have a Beardyncgford . This doubtless takes its name from the same man Bearda from whom Berdemedwe in Beoley (1316 Ipm) is named.