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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ewebank

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • High Ewebank 1657 Comm
  • Ewban(c)k(e) 1665–1705 PR(B)
  • Hye- 1666 ib
  • Uban(c)k 1734 1777 M
  • Ubank, Ewbanke 1563,1570 PR(B)

Etymology

, High Ewebank 1657Comm , Ewban (c )k (e )1665–1705PR(B), (Hye -) 1666 ib, Uban (c )k 1734 ib, 1777 M, v. eowu 'ewe',banke; the local family of Ubank , Ewbanke (1563, 1570 PR (B)2, 7, etc.) was named from it .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name