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.

Wodow Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of St John Beckermet

Historical Forms

  • Waldhowholme (or Waldhowbank) 1396 Fleming
  • Wotobank 1794 H
  • Wada Bank 1821 G

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Waldhowholme (or Waldhowbank )1396 Fleming - Mem , Waddersbank 1625 Wotobank 1794 H, Wada Bank 1821 G . Apparently the basis of this name is a compound of OE  w(e)ald , ' wood ' or ' forest , ' and hōh , ' mound , ' to which holm and bank were subsequently added .