English Explanatory Dictionary

Beswick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA012481).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Beswick Beswicks Bestwick

Etymology

Partly from Middle English Bexwic, from Old English *Bēaceswīc (literally “Beac's farm”); and partly the Old Norse personal name Bø̄si or Besi + Old English wīc (“village”).

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