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.

High Bellan, Low Bellan

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Etymology

, possibly connected with dial . bellan ' the dust of lead ore ' ; there are old coal - workings here .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site