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.

Bank End & Bank Top

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Bankes 1709 WMB
  • Bank Top 1817 M
  • Austonley bank 1851 TA

Etymology

, Bankes 1709 WMB, Bank Top 1817 M, named from Austonley bank 1851TA , v. banke .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name