Beeston

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English

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Etymology

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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

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Beeston (countable and uncountable, plural Beestons)

  1. (uncountable) A place in England:
    1. A hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP1648).
    2. A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire; the location of Beeston Castle (OS grid ref SJ5458). [1]
    3. A village in Beeston with Bittering parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF9115).
    4. A town in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5236).
    5. A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2830).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

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Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Beeston is the 103655th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 173 individuals. Beeston is most common among White (78.61%) and Black/African American (14.45%) individuals.

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