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.

Seley Head

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barningham

Historical Forms

Selyhede 13 RichReg

Etymology

'Willow head' from ON selja (as in Selley Bridge 90supra ) and heafod.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site