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.

Headabusk

Field in the Parish of Egremont

Historical Forms

  • Headabusk 1769 LowtherW
  • Huredowebushe 1578 Cocker
  • Head-a - busk 1753 CW

Etymology

Headabusk(Huredowebushe 1578 Cocker, Head-a -busk 1753 CW xvii)