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Bee Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Lyddington

Historical Forms

  • Behull 1349 Queen's
  • Bee Hill 1610 Speed 1620,1715,1780 Map

Etymology

, Behull 1349Queen 's , Bee Hill 1610 Speed, 1620, 1715, 1780 Map , cf. Bee Hill Covert c1800, 1806 ib , Bee Hill Field 1943Map , v. bēo , hyll ; evidently a source of wild honey .