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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.

Headlands Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ranskill

Etymology

Headlands Lane (6″). Cf. Hevedlandes 13thBlyth , Hedelandes 1483Deed , the 'headland' being the strip left for the turning of the plough. Cf. infra 283.

Places in the same Parish