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.
Survey of English place-names
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Waterhead Brake
Waterhead Brake
Other OS name in the Parish of Kingswear
Historical Forms
Water Hed
c.1550
Leland
Etymology
is
Water
Hed
c. 1550 Leland .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Down End
Major Settlement
Kingswear