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'''Laurel Bank''' ([[archaism|archaic]] {{langx|gv|Cronk-y-Killey}} - ‘Killey’s Hill’)<ref>''Place Names of The Isle of Man – Da Ny Manninee Dooie Vol.1. Sheading of Glenfaba (Kirk Patrick, Kirk German, and Peel.)'' page 237 & 271 ''Kirk German'' by George Broderick (1999) Manx Place- Name Survey, © Max Niemeyer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Tübingen 1994  {{ISBN|3-484-40138-9}} (Gesamtwerk) 3-484-40129-x (band 1) Druck und Einband: Das Weihert-Druck  GmbH Darmstadt  “….’Killey’s Hill’  Mx….rather than ‘hill of the church’…SC28317347: laurel bank 1848D02/1848(24))  Laurel Bank House and Farm CS1871”</ref>  is situated between the 10th Milestone and 11th Milestone road-side markers on the primary [[A3 road (Isle of Man)|A3]] Castletown to Ramsey Road between [[Ballacraine]] and [[Glen Helen, Isle of Man|Glen Helen]] in the parish of [[German (parish)|Kirk German]] in the [[Isle of Man]].<ref>''Isle of Man Examiner – Brialatgh Ellan Vannin'' Page 63 Tuesday 6 August 2019 Isle of Man Newspapers Ltd (2019) Newsprint (Knowlsley) Ltd {{ISSN| 1358-4383}} </ref>

==Description==
The area of Laurel Bank  is located in a former ‘Treen’ {{langx|non| eyrisland}} (a sixteenth century legal, land or fiscal district for the payment of tax) of Balydoyne consisting of the Quarterlands of Cronk-y-Killey and Ballakilley-ny-Howin.<ref>''Place Names of The Isle of Man – Da Ny Manninee Dooie Vol.1. Sheading of Glenfaba (Kirk Patrick, Kirk German, and Peel.)'' pages 189, 204 and 237 ''Kirk German'' by George Broderick (1999) Manx Place- Name Survey, © Max Niemeyer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Tübingen 1994 {{ISBN|3-484-40138-9}} (Gesamtwerk) 3-484-40129-x (band 1) Druck und Einband: Das Weihert-Druck  GmbH Darmstadt. "Cronk-y-Killey QL (TR-Balydoyne) (QL Ballakilley ny Howin "</ref>

The area is located in the northern section of Glen Mooar valley in the parish of German including Laurel Bank farm and house (built c. 1848)  and the Ebenezer Lane.<ref>''A Gazetteer of the Isle of Man'' page 152 Leslie Qulliam RBV The Manx Heritage Foundation - Eiraght Ashoonagh Vannin  (2005) Quine and Cubbon Ltd {{ISBN|0 951 4539 12}} "Laurel Bank, GERMAN 284834"</ref>  The [[River Neb]] runs parallel to the Laurel Bank section of the A3 Castletown to Peel Road from Glen Helen to Ballacraine with the nearby summit of Beary Mountain {{convert|311|m|ft|disp=flip}}.<ref>''HM Ordnance Survey'' Landranger Series Sheet 95 (Surveyed 1992) ISLE OF MAN Scale 1:50,000</ref>

==Motor-sport heritage==
The Glen Helen section<ref>''TT Special'' edited by G.S. Davison page 13 Saturday 5 June 1954</ref> of the A3 Castletown to Ramsey road including ‘Laurel Bank’ was part of the St. Johns Short Course used for the Isle of Man TT races between 1907 and 1910.<ref>''Isle of Man TT'' page 49  Ch 3. COURSES FOR HORSES ! Charles Deane Patrick Stevens Ltd PSL (1978) Cambridge {{ISBN|0 85059 313 1}}</ref>

The ‘Laurel Bank'  section was also part of the 37.50 Mile [[Four Inch Course]]  for the RAC Tourist Trophy automobile races held in the Isle of Man between 1908 and 1922.<ref>''The Manx Experience. A Souvenir Guide to the Isle of Man.'' page 66-67 Gordon N. Kniverton, 8th edition, The Manx Experience (1987) Mannin Publishing Ltd</ref>

In [[1911 Isle of Man TT|1911]], the Four Inch Course for automobiles was first used by the Auto-Cycling Union for the [[Isle of Man TT]] motorcycle races. <ref>''Round the TT Course with Harold Daniell'' R.R. Holliday Motor Cycling (c. 1947) Castrol Oils  ''That Lap at 91!  Harold L.Daniell, TT Record Holder.  Tells How it was done.''</ref> This included Laurel Bank<ref>''The Guardian'' page 10 Thursday 26 May 1955</ref>  and the course later became known as the 37.73 mile [[Isle of Man TT Mountain Course]] which has been used since 1911 for the [[Isle of Man TT]] Races  and from 1923 for the [[Manx Grand Prix]] races. <ref>''The History of the Manx Grand Prix'' page 7, 8, 9 by Bill Snelling Amulree Publishing(1998) Manx Heritage Foundation {{ISBN|1 901508 04 8}}</ref>

During the [[1962 Isle of Man TT|1962]], [[Junior TT]] the former [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] World Motor-Cycle Champion, [[Tom Phillis]] riding a 285cc Honda crashed fatally at the approach to the Laurel Bank section of the TT Course.<ref>''Daily Express'' page 13 Thursday 7 June 1962</ref>

==Sources==
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==External links==
{{Isle of Man TT Mountain Course}}
{{Isle of Man Racing Circuits}}

[[Category:Roads in the Isle of Man|Laurel Bank]]