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Survey of English Place-Names

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Byra Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Byrebankland 1655 Raist
  • Birebanks 1690 Glebe
  • Bierbank(s) 1764,1849 TA

Etymology

, Byrebankland 1655Raist , Birebanks 1690 Glebe, Bierbank (s )1764, 1849TA , probably ' bank near the cowshed ' , v. bȳre , banke , cf. Bierland f.n. infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name