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.

Head Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chittlehamholt

Historical Forms

  • Heved 1272 Ch
  • Havede 1305 Ipm
  • La Hefde 1328 FF
  • Heaved 1350 Ipm
  • La Hevede 1356 ADiv

Etymology

The name is descriptive of the long narrow ridge of land between the Taw and the Mole, which at its south-eastern end broadens out into a high headland, v. heafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement