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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fall Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Feildhead (sic) 1656 WillS
  • Fall head 1731 YDr 1771 M

Etymology

, Feildhead (sic)1656 WillS, Fall head 1731YDr, 1771 M , ' head of a small valley below Great Fall ' , v. foll. , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site