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.

Bents

Other OS name in the Parish of Bradford

Historical Forms

  • Bents farme, Bents Head 1704 LPTax

Etymology

, Bents farme , Bents Head 1704LPTax , v. beonet ' bent-grass ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name