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.

Aikbank

Other OS name in the Parish of Whitehaven

Historical Forms

Akebank 1743 LowtherW

Etymology

is Akebank 1743LowtherW . ' Oak bank . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Whitehaven