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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bents Lathe

Other OS name in the Parish of Linton

Historical Forms

  • the Bentte 1589 Raist
  • Hebden Bent(s) 1654 PRBrn 1689 PRLnt
  • the Bents 1667 1705 WRD

Etymology

, the Bentte 1589Raist , Hebden Bent (s )1654 PRBrn, 1689 PRLnt, the Bents 1667 ib, 1705WRD 63 , cf. Bent Dale 1693 WYD , v. beonet ' bent-grass ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site