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.

Beer Fleet

Other OS name in the Parish of Hemingbrough

Historical Forms

  • Brer(e)flet' c.1190etfreqto1308 Selby

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Brer (e )flet 'c. 1190et freq to 1308 Selby . ' River-reach near the thornbush , ' v. brær , fleot .