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.

Bank Slack

Other OS name in the Parish of Fewston

Historical Forms

  • the Bank 1664 PRFew

Etymology

, the Bank 1664 PRFew , an ancient encampment ( 1858O.S. ) , v. banke , slakki ' a hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name