English:: 1: habitational name from any of the many places in England so called. Those in Nottinghamshire Norfolk and Yorkshire were settlements where bent grass grew (Old English bēos ‘rough grass’ + Old [...]
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What is the origin of the name Beeston?
English:: 1: habitational name from any of the many places in England so called. Those in Nottinghamshire Norfolk and Yorkshire were settlements where bent grass grew (Old English bēos ‘rough grass’ + Old [...]