English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Banks

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burtholme

Historical Forms

  • Bankys 1256 Laner
  • Bankes 1256 FF
  • les Bankes iuxta Lanercost 1346 GDR
  • Banks 1543 Laner

Etymology

Cf. Banks Head 1678 ib.