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.

Bennethead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Watermillock

Historical Forms

  • Baynwytheued 1285 For 1292 Ass
  • Baynwycheved, Baynocheved 1316 Ipm
  • Banerhede 1487 ib
  • Benethead 1580 PR
  • Benneathhead 1727 ib
  • Benethead-Banks 1789 Clarke

Etymology

'Holly headland,' from ON  beinviðr , 'holly,' and hēafod.