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.

Town Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Asby

Historical Forms

  • Town End 1787 ib

Etymology

, 1700, 1704 PR , Town End 1787 ib , the upper part of Asby village , v. tūn ( ME  toun ' village ' ) , hēafod , cf. Church Town , Townhead ( i , 81 , ii , 33 supra ) .