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.

Beera

Other OS name in the Parish of King's Nympton

Historical Forms

  • Beare 1691 FF
  • Bearah 1765 D

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Beare 1691FF , Bearah 1765 D . v. bearu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement