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.

Bents Clough, Bents Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Bents land 1751 Rent

Etymology

, Bents land 1751 Rent , v. beonet ' bent-grass ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name