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.

Beachet Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Theydon Mount

Historical Forms

  • Montbetchet c.1640 ERxiv

Etymology

is so named in 1777 (C) and corresponds roughly to Montbetchet c. 1640 ER xiv . It is clearly an ett - derivative of beech . v. et(t)infra 578 .

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