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.

Bank Rough

Other OS name in the Parish of Runcorn

Historical Forms

  • the Bankropts 1743 Sheaf

Etymology

, 1843TA , the Bankropts 1743Sheaf , ' the rough land on the hillside ' , v. banke , rūh , rūhet .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site