Etymology

Beverley

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Today it means: A market town and civil parish with a town council and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Full definition →

Old English befer
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frombefer“beaver”
  2. English todayBeverley

From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbefer all →

BeresfordBelfrage

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