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.

Aikhead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woodside

Historical Forms

  • wood of Aykehevid called Aykehevid scawe 1270 HolmC
  • Aykeheued 1278 Ass
  • Aykehefd 1286 ib
  • Aykehede 1519 FF
  • Eiked, Acked 1578 Cocker
  • Ackett 1581 CWx
  • Aiket 1774 Donald

Etymology

'Oak headland,' v. eik , hēafod .