English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Bole Bent, Bole Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Bollbents 1849 TA

Etymology

, Bollbents 1849TA , v. bol ' rounded hill ' or bola ' tree-trunk ' , beonet ' bent-grass ' , hol 1 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name