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Survey of English Place-Names

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Benns

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Bennes 1544 HAS 1624 Greave
  • Benns 1624 ib
  • Vpper bens 1709 WMB
  • Bendes 1608 HAS
  • Bends 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Bennes 1544 HAS 15, 285, 1624Greave, Benns 1624 ib, Vpper bens 1709 WMB, Bendes 1608 HAS 13,218, Bends 1709 WMB , probably a manorial type of p.n. from the surname Benn , with the occasional intrusive - d - arising in the same way as in Hand Bank i, 333supra ( cf. Phonol. § 46 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name