Belchamber Family History
Belchamber Surname Meaning
Presumably for the keeper of a bellchamber, the room where bells were hung in a bell tower or in a belfry, from Middle English (Old English) belle ‘bell’ + Middle English (Old French) chambre ‘room’.
However, the compound is not recorded in
A keeper of a bellchamber may also have been the bell ringer.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
