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.

Bent Ley

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Benty Lee 1849 TA

Etymology

, Benty Lee 1849TA , v. beonet ' bent-grass ' , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name