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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bleak Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Blaykbank, Blaikbank 1619 PRMl 1645 PRRl
  • Blackbanke 1656 WillS

Etymology

, 1641 PRRl , Blaykbank , Blaikbank 1619 PRMl, 1645 PRRl,Blackbanke 1656 WillS , ' white bank ' , v. blāc , banke .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name