Beckermonds

Beckermonds is a small hamlet in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet lies at the western end of Langstrothdale, at the confluence of Green Field Beck and Oughtershaw Beck, which join to form the start of the River Wharfe.[1]

Beckermonds
Beckermonds
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSD873803
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSKIPTON
Postcode districtBD23
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
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AmbulanceYorkshire

The toponym, first recorded in 1241 as Beckermotes, is from the Old Norse bekkjar mót, meaning "the meeting of the streams". The intrusive n was added later under the influence of Old French mont, "hill".[2]

The hamlet consists of five dwellings. Population is six. Two of the cottages are run as holiday lets which, when fully occupied, add twelve to this figure.

View of Beckermonds

References
  1. Buckden Parish Community Website: About the Parish of Buckden However, the Ordnance Survey map labels the beck between Oughtershaw and Beckermonds the River Wharfe.
  2. Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Beckermonds", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978 0 521 16855 7
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