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.

Bankmill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Northchurch

Historical Forms

  • Banekmull(e) 1269 MinAcct 1357 BPR
  • Banekmull 1300 Ipm
  • le Bankmulle 1357 Rental

Etymology

Bankmill (6″) is Banekmull (e )1269MinAcct , 1357 BPR, Banekmull 1300 Ipm, le Bankmulle 1357Rental . It is impossible to say what the first element is. The second may be myln , 'mill,' but we should have expected some e -, i -forms in Hertfordshire.