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.

Bannel Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Banalled-gyll 1170–84 Kendi,388
  • Bavelhed (sic for Banelhed) 1518–29 ECP
  • Banneley bank 1836 KCR

Etymology

, Banalled-gyll 1170–84Kend i, 388, Bavelhed (sic for Banelhed )1518–29 ECP, Banneley bank 1836KCR , v. hēafod ; the first el . is obscure .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name