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from the Saxon minstre or mynster 9 meant an 

 outpost of the church ; hence Beaminster might 

 have meant a church amongst trees), Beechworth, 

 Beamish, Beechy Point, Berry, Birch, Birchanger, 

 Birchfield, Bir chinch fife, Birchington, Bircholt, 

 (Birch-holt,) Birchover, Bishopswood, Blackrod, 

 Bloom, Bloomington, Boiscommon, Boisdale, 

 Bole, Bolnhurst, Bosbury (Bos probably comes 

 from the French bois, a wood), Boscombe, Bosham, 

 Bosherston, Bosley, Bosall, Boston, Bow, Bowden, 

 Bowdon, Bower, Bowers, Bowthorpe, Box, Box- 

 ford, Boxgrove, Boxhill, Boxley, Boxmoor, Box- 

 ted (Box-stead), Boxwell, Boxworth, Bracken, 

 Brackenfield, Brackley (Brackenley, possibly 

 meaning a forest-glade covered with Bracken), 

 Bracon Ash, Braintree, Brampton Ash, Branch, 

 Branxholm, Braywood, Bredhurst, Brentwood, 

 Brewood, Briercliffe, Brierfield, Brierley, Bring- 

 hurst, Broad wood, Brockenhurst (Boarwood), 

 Bromfield (Broomfield), Bromham, Bromley, 

 Bromptoa, Bromsgrove, Bromwich, Bromyard, 

 Broom, Broome, Broomfield, Broomfleet, Broom- 

 hall, Broxholme, Budleigh, Bud worth, Burcombe, 

 Burford, Burgate, Burntwood, Burtonwood, Bur- 



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