Hi Keith, Very often these village place names originate from the family names associated with them. Many villages have cottages that still retain the name of the families who can be found living in them in early census records, such as Boutell's Cottage. No Boutell families have been in that village for over a hundred years. Beans Lane, it may not have had many residents in the past, so was referred to as such because of the family living there. Unfortunately there is no Local History Recorder in either Burgate or Wortham. I am on a recruiting drive at the moment and have contacted the parish council at Burgate but as yet no reply. Sorry for the long URL - hope it works, but if you go via the OneSuffolk website you will find the following - http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C5C7AF01-3D77-4E36-9FF3-50BF0D206FD5/0/MicrosoftWordHistoriesofWB.pdf the main page for Wortham and Burgate http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/WorthamandBurgatePC Pat ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Bean" <keithandjanebean@btinternet.com> > Hi > > Are there any local historians out there who may know the origin of the > name > 'Beans Lane' in Burgate? > > My family lived in the village from at least 1650 until the mid 1800s and > many Beans are buried in the churchyard which is not far from the lane > that > runs parallel to the existing road towards Wortham and is called Beans > Lane > > Any help would or contact details for local historians would be much > appreciated. > > Regards to all > > Keith Bean