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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.

Soolbank

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Sulbank 1574 FF
  • Sowlebancke 1610 FF
  • Soolebanck 1621 PR

Etymology

, 1795Sedb 15a , Sulbank 1574 FF, Sowlebancke 1610 FF, Soolebanck 1621 PR , ' sunny bank ' , v. sól 2 ' the sun ' , banke .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement