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.

Oak Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Aikahbank 1686,1687 PR

Etymology

, 1771 M , Aikahbank 1686, 1687 PR , probably ' oak hillbank ' , v. eik , haugr , banke .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement