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.

Beckford Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Membury

Historical Forms

  • Bykeford 1408 IpmR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bykeford 1408 IpmR . Probably ' Bic (c )a 'sford . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement