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.

Beanhall Fms

Early-attested site in the Parish of Feckenham

Historical Forms

  • Beansetum 836 BCS416
  • Benhala, Benhale 1175 P 1262 For 1364 Pat
  • Bonhale 1262 For
  • Benhall 1430 ADii
  • Benehall 1471 IpmR
  • Benhull 1592 QSR
  • Beanall 1701 FF

Etymology

'Nook of land where beans grow,' v. bean , healh . In the first example we have sæte , 'inhabitants,' suffixed in the usual irrational fashion to the first element in the compound name.Cf. Broadwas supra 103.