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.

Banks Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rothwell

Historical Forms

  • le Bankeʒ 1341 Surv
  • Bankes 1341 Chapt 1342 Ext
  • le Banke 1342 Surv
  • Bank(s)house 1735,1738 PRRth

Etymology

Banks Ho (lost), le Bankeʒ 1341Surv , Bankes 1341 Chapt, 1342 Ext, le Banke 1342Surv , Bank (s )house 1735, 1738 PRRth, v. banke .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name