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Survey of English Place-Names

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Manshead, Little Manshead, Manshead Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Mallesheved 1275–7 WCR
  • Lyttil Manneshede 1414 Watson
  • Monshead 1623 HAS

Etymology

Manshead, 1709 WMB, Little Manshead, 1689 HAS 15, 222, Manshead Hill, 1771 M, Mallesheved 1275–7 WCR (p), Lyttil Manneshede 1414 Watson 302, Monshead 1623 HAS 15, 218, probably 'headland resembling a man's head', v. mann , hēafod ; but if the spelling Mallesheved is correctly identified the first el. is the common ME  pers.n. Malle (WCR).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement