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Hand Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Mirfield

Historical Forms

  • Hanbanck(es) 1598,1600 PRMrf
  • Handbancke 1618 ib

Etymology

, Hanbanck (es )1598, 1600 PRMrf,Handbancke 1618 ib , v. hana ' cock ' , banke ; the form may have been influenced by the local surname Hand ( cf. John Hande 1659 PRMrf144, etc. ) but hana frequently becomes Hand - ( as in Hand Bank i, 333supra , etc . , cf. Phonol. § 46 ) .