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.

Beer

Other OS name in the Parish of Filleigh

Historical Forms

atte Beare 1333 SR

Etymology

was the home of Walter atte Beare (1333SR ) , v. bearu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Proutworthy

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Filleigh