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Beck Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Fillingham

Etymology

, cf. Litelbec 1220–30, 1221–29 RA iv , little beck 1671Terrier , little Beck 1700ib , Little beck 1724ib , Far Little Beck pasture , First Little Beck pasture 1786LCS , inter beckes 1220–30 ib , Fullebech '1240–50 ib ( v. fūl ' foul ' ) , v. bekkr ' a stream ' , as elsewhere in the parish .