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.

Brooks Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Brookebanke Close 1617 Comm
  • Brooke Banke 1637 WillY
  • Broksbank att Westgate End 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Brookebanke Close 1617Comm ,Brooke Banke 1637 WillY, Broksbank att Westgate End 1709 WMB , v. brōc , banke ; the brook is Balne Beck (RNs.) supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site