English: habitational name from any of the various places so
called. Most, for example those in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, are
named with Old English beorg ‘hill’ + ham
‘homestead’. The one in Kent, however, is from an unattested Old
English byname Biora, Beora (a derivative of bera
‘bear’) + ham.
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