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.

Whinbank

Early-attested site in the Parish of Distington

Historical Forms

  • Quinebank, Quenbank' 1292 Ass
  • Whinbank 1743 LowtherW

Etymology

'Gorse bank,' v. whin .