Beaumont-cum-Moze
The place-name 'Beaumont' was originally Fulanpettæ in a Saxon charter of circa 995, and Fulepet in the Domesday Book of 1086, meaning 'foul pit'. By 1175-80 it had become Bealmont, meaning 'beautiful hill', a very early example of successful rebranding.
The place-name 'Moze' is first attested in the Domesday Book, where it appears as Mosa. This is from the Old English mos meaning 'marsh' or 'moss'.
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy lived at Thorpe Hall in Thorpe-le-Soken and is buried at the 11th-century Parish Church of St Leonard in Beaumont-cum-Moze.
Beaumont Cut is a derelict canal in the parish.
Governance
Beaumont-cum-Moze is part of the electoral ward called Beaumont and Thorpe. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,300.
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.33.
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, op. cit., p.333.
- ^ "The United Benefice of Tendring, Little Bentley and Beaumont-cum-Moze". Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ^ "Beaumont and Thorpe population 2011". Retrieved 24 September 2015.
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