English Place-name Society

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.

Belle Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Royston

Historical Forms

  • Bell Green & Yard 1845 TA

Etymology

, Bell Green & Yard 1845TA , possibly the surname Bell , but v. belle ' bell ' , grēne , geard , perhaps ' land for the maintenance of church-bells ' ( cf. Bell Cross 66supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site