Bellhouse is a locative surname that derives from Middle English bel-hous, Old English bell-hūs, or the place name Bell House.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Brian Bellhouse (1937–2017), British academic, engineer, and entrepreneur
- David Bellhouse (1764–1840), English Victorian builder
- Ernest Bellhouse (1871–1920), English footballer
- Michael Bellhouse (born 1976), English cricketer
- Molly Blackburn, née Bellhouse (1930–1985), South African anti-Apartheid campaigner
- Richard Bellhouse (1825–1906), English cricketer, watercolourist, and architect
- Thomas Bellhouse (1818–1886), English cricketer
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edit- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford dictionary of family names in Britain and Ireland (First ed.). OUP Oxford. p. (disambiguation). ISBN 978-0192527479.