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.

Dean Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Dainhead 1758 TaxS

Etymology

, 1839ValS , Dainhead 1758 TaxS , v. denu ' valley ' , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name