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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Markington Beck

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Bek c.1240 Vyner

Etymology

, Bek c. 1240Vyner , ' aquam de Buttrix ( v.l. butter ) aliter voc . Markington becke ' , v. butere , bekkr ; ' butter ' is doubtless a reference to rich pasture by the stream .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site