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Survey of English Place-Names

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Burn Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Sandal Magna

Historical Forms

  • Burnebanke 1557 YDviii

Etymology

, Burnebanke 1557 YD viii , probably ' burnt bank ' , v. bruni , banke ; OE  burna ' stream ' does not appear in p. ns . of this locality .