Beeston
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English Bestone, from Old English *Bēostūn, from bēos (“bentgrass”) (from Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush”)) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
editBeeston (countable and uncountable, plural Beestons)
- (uncountable) A place in England:
- A hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP1648).
- A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire; the location of Beeston Castle (OS grid ref SJ5458). [1]
- A village in Beeston with Bittering parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF9115).
- A town in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5236).
- A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2830).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Beeston is the 103655th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 173 individuals. Beeston is most common among White (78.61%) and Black/African American (14.45%) individuals.
References
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beeston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126.
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