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Beeston town (1991 pop. 64,785), Nottinghamshire, central England. Large pharmaceutical plants and factories there produce boilers, telecommunication equipment, fluorescent lights, textiles, pencils, cardboard boxes, and clothing.

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Beeston, usually ‘farmstead where bent-grass grows’, OE *bēos + tūn: Beeston Beds. Bistone 1086 (DB). Beeston Leeds. Bestune 1086 (DB). Beeston Norfolk. Bestone 1254. Beeston Notts. Bestune 1086 (DB). Beeston Regis Norfolk. Besetune 1086 (DB). Affix is Latin regis ‘of the king’.

However the following has a different origin: Beeston Ches. Buistane 1086 (DB). Probably ‘stone or rock where commerce takes place’. OE byge + stān.

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