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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bankend

Other OS name in the Parish of Warcop

Historical Forms

  • (the) Ban(c)ke End 1604,1622,1694 PR
  • Bankend 1624,1695 ib
  • del Bank 1380 TestKarl

Etymology

, (the ) Ban (c )ke End 1604, 1622, 1694 PR, Bankend 1624,1695 ib, v. banke, ende; John del Bank (1380 TestKarl 144) may have taken his name from the same bank .