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.

Stand Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Overstandbankfeild 1699 WCR1
  • Standbanck Hill 1709 WMB

Etymology

, 1771 M , Overstandbankfeild 1699WCR 1, Standbanck Hill 1709 WMB , v. stand ' ahunter's stand ' , or stān , banke .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site