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.

Bent Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Benthead(e) 1575 WillY 1601 HAS

Etymology

, Benthead (e )1575 WillY, 1601 HAS 17, 166 , v. beonet ' bent-grass ' , hēafod ' headland ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name