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.

Fairbank

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Fauerban(c)k(e), Faverban(c)k(e) 1297 Pat 1355 Kendi,323 1356 1570 et freq
  • Fatherbank 1330 Lowth(Br41) 1383 ib
  • Fair(e)ban(c)k(e), Fayreban(c)k(e) 1332 SR 1369,1370 Ipm 1393 FF 1823 M

Etymology

Probably 'the fair bank', from ON  fagr (which would become ME  fauer ), replaced by the cognate OE  fæger, v. banke . Father - is an inverted spelling of Faver -.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement