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.

Bevere Island

Early-attested site in the Parish of North Claines

Historical Forms

Beverege insula c.1150 FW

Bevere(ye) 1240 WoP 1275 SR

Bevery 1542 LP

Etymology

'Beaver-island,' v. beofor , eg . Cf. beferig in BCS 802.

Places in the same Parish