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.

Mealy Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Bolton by Bowland

Historical Forms

  • Meale banke 1660 PRBlt

Etymology

, 1841TA , Meale banke 1660 PRBlt , possibly mǣle ' spotted, coloured ' , banke .