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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mole's Head

Early-attested site in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Mallesheved 1275,1277 WCR
  • Malleshead 1579 Arm
  • Mallsheved 1286 WCR
  • Malsehedde 1479 Arm
  • Malshead 1570 WillY
  • Maul(e)shead, Mawleshead 1633 WB177 1636 YAS 1647 WillY
  • Mouls Head 1817 M

Etymology

Mole's Head, Mallesheved 1275, 1277 WCR (p), Malleshead 1579 Arm, Mallsheved 1286 WCR (p), Malsehedde 1479 Arm, Malshead 1570 WillY, Maul (e )shead , Mawleshead 1633WB 177, 1636YAS 76, 25, 1647 WillY, Mouls Head 1817 M, from the ME  fem. pers.n. Malle (a pet form of Matilda or Mary ), and hēafod , here used of a steep declivity.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site