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Survey of English Place-Names

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Windy Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Wyndebank 1379 PT
  • Wyndybank 1440 HAS
  • Windie bankes 1611 YAS

Etymology

, Wyndebank 1379 PT (p), Wyndybank 1440 HAS 4, 245, Windie bankes 1611YAS 132 , ' wind-swept bank ' , v. wind , - ig , banke .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name