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Beansheaf Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Theale

Historical Forms

  • Bensheves 1390 Cl
  • Bensheves, Bensheffes 1416–17 Stonor
  • Benesheves 1474 ib
  • Benschevys 1494–5 Ipm
  • Bean Sheafe Farm 1761 Rocque

Etymology

, 1790 Pride , Bensheves 1390 Cl, Bensheves , Bensheffes 1416–17 Stonor, Benesheves 1474 ib, Benschevys 1494–5 Ipm, Bean Sheafe Farm 1761 Rocque , from the family of Robert Benshef , a juror in Reading Hundred 1241Ass . Another Robert Beneshef is mentioned 1304–5FF in connection with land in Tilehurst , and John Benshef appears 1316 Pat in connection with an offence at Tidmarsh .