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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.

Bent Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Bent Meadowe 1437 NewC
  • Bent Medowe 1500 Dav
  • The Bent 1505 NewC

Etymology

, Bent Meadowe 1437NewC , Bent Medowe 1500Dav , The Bent 1505NewC , v. beonet ' bent-grass ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site