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.

Bentley Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Holt

Historical Forms

  • Beonotsetena gemære, Beonetsetnægemære 851 BCS462 11th BCS1139 c.965 11th
  • Beonetlege, Beonetlæ(a)ge 855 BCS487 11th BCS1087 862 11th
  • Beonetleah 1017 KCD1313

Etymology

A common type of place-name, for which v. beonet , leah .For sæte cf. Broadwas supra 103.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement