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.

Banks

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Bancks 1636 PRDnt
  • ye Banks 1680 ib

Etymology

, Bancks 1636 PRDnt, y e Banks 1680 ib , v. banke .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement