English Place-name Society

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.

Deanhead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Deyneheade 1574,1590 FF
  • Denehead 1587 FF
  • Deanehead 1588 WillY 1615 YDv
  • le Deanhead 1615 ib
  • Deanhead 1621 FF

Etymology

Deanhead, Deyneheade 1574, 1590 FF, Denehead 1587 FF, Deanehead 1588 WillY, 1615 YD v, le Deanhead 1615 ib, Deanhead 1621 FF. 'Head of the valley', v. denu , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site