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Survey of English Place-Names

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Beild Drove

Other OS name in the Parish of Little Downham

Historical Forms

  • Belewey 1494, 1570 Ct

Etymology

( both 6 ″ ) is Belewey 1494, 1570Ct . Cf. Beild Field c. 1840TA . It takes its name from Beald supra 223 .