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.

Bingley Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Hawkchurch

Historical Forms

  • Bingley 1655 FF 1842 TA

Etymology

, Bingley 1655 FF, 1842TA , perhaps ' bean clearing ' , from bēan and lēah , cf. the ME  surname Bynlegh ' 1327 SR ( Gillingham ) which may have this origin .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement