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Bedlands Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • Bedlem 1631 PR(Mrl)
  • Bedlem yate 1601 ib
  • Bedlome yeat 1643 ib
  • Bethlem Yate 1650 ib
  • Beathlome yate 1656 ib
  • Beathomeya(i)te 1659,1660,1664 ib
  • Bedlam Yate 1664–1714 ib
  • Bedlandgate 1829 Dir
  • Beathome 1659,1661 PR(Mrl)

Etymology

, 1859OS , Bedlem 1631 PR(Mrl), Bedlem yate 1601 ib,Bedlome yeat 1643 ib, Bethlem Yate 1650 ib, Beathlome yate 1656ib, Beathomeya (i )te 1659, 1660, 1664 ib, Bedlam Yate 1664–1714 ib(freq ), Bedlandgate 1829 Dir, a few of the forms in Beathome - connectthe name with the local family of Beathome (1659, 1661 PR(Mrl)89, 90, etc.) , but most of them suggest a connexion with e. ModE bedlam ' a madhouse ' , transferred from the Hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem , London , or influenced by it , v. geat ' gate ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site