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Beeston.

A place in England:

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

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  1. A place in England: A hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP1648).

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  2. A place in England: A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire; the location of Beeston Castle (OS grid ref SJ5458).

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  3. A place in England: A village in Beeston with Bittering parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF9115).

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  4. A place in England: A town in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5236).

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  5. A place in England: A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2830).

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  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

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Where this word comes from

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

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