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.

Sunbank Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • Dane Bank Wood 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1838TA 183 , Dane Bank Wood 1831 Bry , ' bank whichcatches the sun ' , v. sunne ; the earlier form is ' bank near a valley ' , v. denu .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site