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.

How Beck Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aysgarth

Historical Forms

  • Holebech 1220 FF
  • Holbeck 1301 LS

Etymology

v. hol , bekkr and Howl Beck 69supra .

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