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Survey of English Place-Names

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Beckfoot

Other OS name in the Parish of Bampton

Historical Forms

  • Bekfoote 1564 CWxxi,208
  • Beck(e)foot(e) 1589 Hothf 1607 FF 1691 PR

Etymology

, Bekfoote 1564 CW xxi,208, Beck (e )foot (e )1589Hothf , 1607FF et freq to 1691 PR , v. bekkr ( here Heltondale Beck ) , fōt .

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