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.

Nun Bank Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Dewsbury

Historical Forms

  • Nunbanke 1539 AOMB

Etymology

, Nunbanke 1539AOMB , v. nunne ( here referring to the nuns of Kirklees ) , banke , cf. foll.