Bandland Cottage
Early-attested site in the Parish of Newton Longville
Etymology
No early form of this name has been noted but it must be the same as that found in the following field-names: Banlond in Thornborough (c. 1240), Banland in Loughton (1639), in Stewkley (1680), Bandland in Wavendon (1674), Loughton and Milton Keynes (1693), Banneland in Stoke Goldington (1607), Bannland in Marsh Gibbon (1674). OE bean, as in Banstead (Sr) always appears as ben - in Bk field-names and therefore seems impossible here. It is tempting to associate it with the word ban and to think of the compound as denoting land under some kind of prohibition, but there is no other evidence for such a usage.