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.

Murk Head

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hackness

Historical Forms

  • Myrke Hede 1540 Whitby

Etymology

'Dark hill' v. myrkr , heafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement