English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Beckfoot

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • (ye) Beckfoot 1717,1777 PR(Md)
  • Barbon Beck foot 1729 Kendiii,297 1752 PR(KL)

Etymology

, (ye )Beckfoot 1717, 1777 PR(Md), Barbon Beck foot 1729 Kend iii, 297,1752 PR(KL) , ' the foot of the beck ' ( here Barbon Beck ) , v. bekkr , fōt , a common We p.n .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site