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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hand Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Penistone

Historical Forms

  • Overhumbanke (sic) 1573 WillY
  • Hanbank(e) 1647 YDr 1652 WillS
  • Handbank 1648 YDr 1771 M

Etymology

, Overhumbanke (sic)1573WillY, Hanbank (e )1647 YDr, 1652 WillS, Handbank 1648 YDr,1771 M , ' cock bank ' , v. hana , banke ; doubtless hana is the source of Hand - in other YW p. ns . , cf. Phonol. § 46 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement