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.

Townhead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ousby

Historical Forms

Thornheued 1278 Ass 1331 Pat

Thornehead 1595 FF

Thornetfield 1704 Terrier

Etymology

'Thorn headland,' v. þorn , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Ousby