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.

Bedlam

Other OS name in the Parish of Bere Regis

Historical Forms

  • hospitium d'ni apud Byre, hospitium de Byre 1436,1443,1447 MinAcct

Etymology

, perhaps to be associated with hospitium d 'ni apud Byre , hospitium de Byre 1436, 1443, 1447MinAcct , v. bedlam .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement