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.

Bentley Common

Other OS name in the Parish of Hatfield Broad Oak

Historical Forms

  • Benetleg' 1238 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Benetleg '1238 FF . ' Bent-clearing , ' v. beonet , leah .