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.

Longway Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Wirksworth

Historical Forms

  • Langowe vel Watfeld 1415 DuLaMB
  • Longowe 1415 ib
  • Longoe banke 1620 CPG
  • Longoe Bancke 1630 DuLaSC

Etymology

, Langowe vel Watfeld 1415DuLaMB , Longowe 1415 ib (p), Longoe banke 1620CPG , Longoe Bancke 1630DuLaSC , ' long hill-spur ' , v. lang , hōh ; cf. Watfield Fminfra 417 .