Bellhouse Family History
Bellhouse Name Meaning
from Middle English bel-hous ‘detached bell-house or belfry’ (Old English bell-hūs) or from a place so called such as Bell House in Mytholmroyd and Bellhouses in Sheffield (both WR Yorks). This name may have become confused with Bellis especially in Cheshire.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016