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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.

Beacon Hill(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Cleethorpes

Etymology

( lost ) , 1734SSCTerrier , 1842 White , cf. Beacon Meer fur (sic)1784Terrier , the Beacon Murfor 1822Terrier ( v. marfur ) , the site of a beacon and now represented by Beacon Avenue . B.W . points out that Beacon Hill is marked on 1890 O , and is situated in Cleethorpes Cemetery .