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.

Banger Houses

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Brangerhous(e) 1458 FountBurs 1535 VE
  • Brang' Howses 1553 FF
  • Barger Houses 1583 WillY
  • Barnger Howses 1615 FF

Etymology

Banger Houses, Brangerhous (e )1458 FountBurs, 1535 VE, Brang ' Howses 1553 FF, Barger Houses 1583 WillY, Barnger Howses 1615 FF.The first el. is a contracted form of the OG  pers.n. Beringer (Forssner 44–5), with metathesis to Branger -, cf. Fr  Branger . v. hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement