Turn Head
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hemingbrough
Historical Forms
- le Turneheved 1363,c.1394 Works
Etymology
Turn Head is le Turneheved 1363, c. 1394 Works. Cf. Turnham Hall infra 259. The name has reference to a sharp bend in the river Ouse, and may be from ME turn (OFr *turn ) with that sense or OE *trun , turn . Turn Head itself is on the opposite side of the Ouse from Turn Head Lodge and heafod 'head' must refer to the headland formed by this twist in the river-course, as in Howden supra 251 and Thicket infra 264.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bowland Ho
- Lund
- Newhay
- Turnham Hall
- Greengate Lane
- Bowthorpe
- Willow Garths, Willow Cottage
- Babthorpe
- Hagthorpe
- Wood Hall