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.

Ben Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Benbank(e) 1608 WB102 1728 YDr

Etymology

, Benbank (e )1608WB 102, 1728 YDr , from the pers. n. Ben , v. banke .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site