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.

Backhouse Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Backhouse 1695–1742 PR

Etymology

, 1857OS , named from the local family of Backhouse (1695–1742 PRfreq ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site