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

Other OS name in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • the Bents 1775 Watson
  • Lower Bents 1851 TA

Etymology

, 'the fields called the Bents ' 1775 Watson,Lower Bents 1851TA , v. beonet ' bent-grass ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site