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.

Corbons Head

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cockington

Etymology

The name must be a compound of OE  corfen , past participle of ceorfan , 'to cut, cut out, carve, etc.,' and næss , perhaps with reference to the small detached rock here, tuyveldeclive must be a compound of OE  twīfeald , 'double,' and clif .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement