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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bescars(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Cleethorpes

Historical Forms

  • besker 1457 TCC
  • beskar 1528 GrimsBCB
  • great bescar 1601 Terrier
  • bescar 1674 ib
  • Bescar 1678 ib
  • Bescare 1686 ib
  • Biscar 1734 SSCTerrier

Etymology

( lost ) , 1842 White , besker 1457TCC , beskar 1528GrimsBCB , great bescar 1601Terrier , bescar 1674ib , Bescar 1678ib , Bescare 1686ib , Biscar 1734SSCTerrier , cf. Bescar Closes 1749 Baker , Bescar Close 1846EnclA , perhaps ' the marsh where coarsegrass grows ' , v. bēos , kjarr ; according to Watson 58 , “ on Trinity Sunday … the church floor was wont to be freshly strewn with rushes for the coming winter . These were cut from the ' Bescars ' ” . It was on the extreme western boundary of the parish .