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.

Balaam Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sutton

Historical Forms

  • le Balland c.1350 Chertsey
  • Balangate 1548 LRMB

Etymology

Balaam Lane (6″) is probably to be associated with le Balland c. 1350Chertsey , Balangate 1548LRMB . This is probably for banland , i.e. beanland. balland is common in Nth (PN Nth 266) and cf. Ballands infra 378.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement