Fife Place-name Data

Bankhead

Bankhead CER S NO406092 1 374 NWF

Bankhead 1775 Ainslie/Fife
Bankhead 1855 OS 6 inch 1st edn

Sc or SSE bank + Sc heid or SSE head

‘Head or top of the bank or rising ground’, this Bankhead sits near the top of a steep slope which falls down to the farm of Cassendilly.

    /bank hɛd/, locally /bank hid/

This place-name appeared in printed volume 2

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