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.

Headon

Other OS name in the Parish of Pancrasweek

Historical Forms

  • Heddon 1333 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Heddon 1333SR (p) . Probably ' heath hill , ' v. dun , cf. Headon (Wt) , Hetdene 1324Misc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement