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.

Bickerton

Other OS name in the Parish of Stokenham

Historical Forms

  • Bekerton t.Hy8 Ct

Etymology

is Bekerton t. Hy 8Ct . The first element may be the OE  bēocere , ' bee-keeper . '