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.

Skirth Head

Field in the Parish of Little Clifton

Historical Forms

Skirth Head 1773 LowtherW

Etymology

Skirth Head(ON skurðr, OSw skyrþ,'cutting, watercourse')

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site