Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Danbank 1831 ib

• Danbank, Danbank Bar, Danbank Homesites, Danbank House & Danbank Wood, Dunbank Toll House 1849 TA

• Higher Dam Bank & Lower Dam Bank 1860 White

Etymology

, Danbank 1831ib , Danbank , Danbank Bar , Danbank Homesites , Danbank House & Danbank Wood ,Dunbank Toll House 1849TA , Higher Dam Bank & Lower Dam Bank 1860White , cf. Higher Dan 's Bottoms & Higher Dan 's Meadow , Dan 's Croft & Dan 's Bridge ,Lower Dan (e )s Bottoms , Lower Dan (e )s Bottoms House , Danes Bottom , Danes Croft & Danes Carr 1849TA , perhaps ' valley bank ' , from denu and banke , with barre ' abarrier ' ( from a turnpike here ) , botm ' valley-bottom ' , brycg , kjarr . This is the name of a district at the lower end of the valley of Torkington Brook .