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.

Bank Fm & Bank Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • Mydsley Bancke 1601 PRThl

Etymology

, cf. Banckside 1641 WillY , the Bank field 1720WYEnr 174 , Bank Close & Bank Field 1849TA , named from Mydsley Bancke 1601 PRThl , v. banke , Midgley supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement