Beeston

English

Etymology

From Middle English Bestone, from Old English *Bēostūn, from bēos (“bentgrass”) (from Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush”)) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Beeston (countable and uncountable, plural Beestons)

1. (uncountable) A place in England:
   1. A hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP1648).
   2. A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire; the location of Beeston Castle (OS grid ref SJ5458).
   3. A village in Beeston with Bittering parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF9115).
   4. A town in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5236).
   5. A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2830).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Beeston with Bittering

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Beeston is the 103655^th 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beeston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126.

Anagrams

• betones, boneset