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.

Bainley Bank

Early-attested site in the Parish of Danby

Historical Forms

Bainwith(e)lith c.1200,1223 Guis

Etymology

'Holly bank' from ON bein -viðr 'the common holly' and hlið. Cf. Lindkvist 24, note 1.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement