Bentilee
suburban area · City of Stoke-on-Trent
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Bentilee is an Old English name meaning 'clearing with bent grass'. It describes an area of woodland cleared for settlement, characterized by bent grass.
Word origins
- Bent
- Old EnglishAttestedbent grass(from beonet "bent grass")
- ilee
- Old EnglishAttestedclearing(from lēah "woodland clearing, meadow")