"Beswick" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Beswicks [plural]
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Beac + -s- + wīc (“village”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|ang|Beac}} Beac, {{m|en|-s-}} -s-, {{m|ang|wīc||village}} wīc (“village”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Beswicks}} Beswick (countable and uncountable, plural Beswicks)
  1. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA012481). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
    Sense id: en-Beswick-en-name-As0UGLYX
  2. A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Beswick-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -wick Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -wick: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Bestwick

Inflected forms

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