Bancroft
suburban area · Milton Keynes
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Bancroft is an Old English name meaning 'bean field'. It refers to a field where beans were grown.
Word origins
- Ban
- Old EnglishAttestedbean(from bēan "bean")
- croft
- Old EnglishAttestedfield(from croft "small field, enclosure")
Historical forms
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