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.

Ness Head

Early-attested site in the Parish of Levisham

Historical Forms

Undernesheued 1335 ForP

Etymology

'Under the promontory head' v. næs , heafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Levisham