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 Cliburn

Etymology

, 1772 PR , ' the upper part of thevillage ' ( v. tūn ) , cf. also Midtown 1799, 1802 PR .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement