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.

Dowry

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Hingon Bancks or Dowery 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Hingon Bancks or Dowery 1709 WMB , ME ,OFr  dowarie ' dowry ' ( cf. Drury Lane 51supra ) ; for the alternative name v. Hanging Bank f.n. infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name