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.

Bannolds

Early-attested site in the Parish of Waterbeach

Historical Forms

  • Banald Drove c.1825 O.S.

Etymology

Bannolds (6″). Cf. Ban (e )hale (feld )1205 FF, 1348, 1356Cole xxxvi, Ben (e )halemed 1325MinAcct , Banalefield 1484Cole xxxvi, Bannoldfield 1514, 1553 ib., Baynall 1559 ib., Banhold Field 1569 ib., Bannowllde 1621SewersD . 'Nook where beans grow,' v. bēan , healh .

Bannold Drove (6″) is Banald Drove c. 1825 O.S.