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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bent Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Bent 1659 PR
  • (th') Bents 1689,1721 ib

Etymology

( 1859OS ) , Bents , Bent 1659 PR, (th ') Bents 1689, 1721 ib , v. beonet ' bent-grass ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement