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.

Billy Bell

Other OS name in the Parish of Aberford

Historical Forms

  • Billy Bell or Whinney lands 1764 Glebe

Etymology

, Billy Bell or Whinney lands 1764Glebe , probably a man 's name ; v. also hvin ' gorse ' , land .