Beeston

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Beeston

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

proper noun Beestons

countable, uncountable A hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP1648).
countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire; the location of Beeston Castle (OS grid ref SJ5458).
countable, uncountable A village in Beeston with Bittering parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF9115).
countable, uncountable A town in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5236). Standing on the corner of a west Hollywood street in Los Angeles is a giant pink building, brutalist in design but strikingly modern in style, and it is owned by Beeston's own fashionista Paul Smith.
countable, uncountable A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2830).
countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{beeston_2026,
  title = {Beeston},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beeston},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}