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 House Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Bank(e)house 1379 PT 1516,1526 HAS 1587 PRHfx

Etymology

, Bank (e )house 1379 PT (p),1516, 1526 HAS 14, 102–3, 1587 PRHfx , v. banke , hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name