Talk:Beckwith

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Wiktionary has now removed the detail on the origin of Beckwith in its usage as an English surname. Original entry as follows:

--AusTerrapin 16:09, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Beckwith is a surname with two distinct English habitational origins. From southern England comes the meaning "by a brook or stream". Beckwith, West Yorkshire derives from Old English b&#275;ce ‘beech’ and Old Norse viðr ‘wood’.


 * (15 years later) Why the heck was that basic information, which anyone visiting this article may have wished to find here (especially since our project purports to be encyclopedic) removed, for God's sake? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 22:04, 19 August 2023 (UTC)