Beardwell Explained

Beardwell is a farm and small hamlet in the parish of Atworth, Wiltshire, England.[1]

The name appears in the mid-fifteenth century Tropenell Cartulary as Bedewelle, then as Bidwell in 1631, and as Beard Well in a Tithe Award of c. 1840.[2] By comparison with Bidwell in Northamptonshire, the name may be connected with the location of the settlements, as both stand near a Roman road.[3]

References

51.371°N -2.1967°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beardwell :: Survey of English Place-Names. 2021-04-24. epns.nottingham.ac.uk.
  2. J. E. B. Gover, Allen Mawer, F. M. Stenton, The Place-names of Wiltshire, Vol. 16 (University Press, 1939), pp. 5, 116
  3. Nomina, Vol. 17 (1994), p. 14: "Beardwell (Wilts.), east of Bath, is 500 yards from a Roman road."

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