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.

Bankshead

Other OS name in the Parish of Waterhead

Historical Forms

  • le Bankes head 1610 Naworth

Etymology

is le Bankes head 1610Naworth . Cf. les Bankes iuxta Lanerton '1346GDR .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement