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Survey of English Place-Names

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Humberstone Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Hampsthwaite

Historical Forms

  • Hummerston Bank 1771 M
  • Hammerstone Bank 1858 O.S.

Etymology

, Hummerston Bank 1771 M, Hammerstone Bank 1858 O.S. , probably ON  hamarr ' a crag ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site