Townhead
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ravenstonedale
Historical Forms
- Town(e)head(e) 1658,1672,1674 PR 1777 WillQ
- th' townhead 1713 PR
- Towne end 1671 ib
- th' Town-End 1721 ib
- Rystndall towne, Ryssendaill towne 1585,1626 PR
- Town(e) 1587,1646 ib
- (the) Toune 1672,1678 ib
Etymology
Townhead, Town (e )head (e )1658, 1672, 1674 PR, 1777 WillQ, th ' townhead 1713 PR, also called Towne end 1671 ib, th ' Town -End 1721 ib. 'The upper end of the village', v. tūn (ME toun ), hēafod , ende . On this use of tūn cf. Church Town (i, 81supra ). The village was called Rystndall towne , Ryssendaill towne 1585, 1626 PR, Town (e )1587, 1646 ib, (the ) Toune 1672, 1678 ib.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bowber Head
- Bowderdale Beck & Head
- Brownber
- Dovengill
- Lockholme
- Murthwaite
- Narthwaite
- Newbiggin on Lune
- Scandal Beck & Head
- Stennerskeugh
- Tarn
- Uldale Gill
- Wandale, Wandale Hill
- Weasdale
Other OS name
- Adamthwaite
- Adamthwaite Bank
- Artlegarth
- Ashes Gill
- Ash Fell
- Ash Fell Edge
- Ashfield
- Ash Pot
- Backside
- Banks, Banks Rigg
- Beckstones
- Bent Hill
- Black Moss
- Bleaflatt
- Blirt Hill
- Brackenber
- Breakyneck Scar
- Bridge
- Brow Foot
- Brunt Hill
- Causeway End
- Chapel Rigg
- Claylands
- Clouds
- Clouds Gill
- Cocklake
- Coldbeck
- Cold Keld
- Cook Mire
- Coupland Sike
- Cow Bank
- Crooks
- Crooks Beck
- Cross Bank
- Dale Gill
- Dale Slack & Tongue
- Dena Mire
- Dogbar
- Dry Sike
- Dubbs
- Ellergill
- Eller Hill
- Elm Pot
- Fell End
- Fell End Cloud
- Flass
- Flint Hole & Howe
- Foggy Gill
- Forcepot Sike
- Fox Hole
- Friar Bottom
- Gaisgill
- Gallows Hill
- Gars
- Garshill
- Giants' Graves
- Gracete Moor
- Grain Gill
- Green Bell
- Green Rigg
- Greenside
- Greenside Beck & Tarn
- Grere Fell
- Hag Ho
- Handley's Bridge
- Hanskey Bridge
- Hard Rigg
- Harter Fell
- Hashy Gill
- Heckgill Mire
- High Lane
- High Wood
- Hill Top
- Hooksey
- Intake
- Keld Head
- Kensgriff
- Kilnmire
- Knott
- Knoutberry
- The Lane
- Leath Gill
- Lockholme Head
- Long Gill
- Lord's Table
- Low Lane
- Lytheside
- Moss
- Murthwaite Park & Rigg
- Needle Ho
- Nettle Gill
- New Ho
- Odd Gill
- Park Ho
- Parrock Moor
- Peer's Hill
- Philip Close
- Pinskey Bottom
- Piper Hole
- Poskey Bottom
- Potts
- Ramingber Bridge
- Ravenstonedale Beck & Common
- Rawthey Bridge
- Rigg End
- Riggs
- Rowfoot
- St Helen's Chapel & Well
- Sally Beck
- Sandbed
- Sand Tarn
- Sandwath
- Scar Sikes
- Scot Rake
- Shawgill Sike, Shawmire
- Snowfell End
- Sour Hill
- Spengill Head
- Sprintgill
- Stennerskeugh Clouds
- Stepsbeck
- Stockless
- Stone Ho
- Stouphill Gate
- High & Low Stoups
- Street
- Streetside
- Studfold
- Swindale
- Tailor Mire
- Tarn Sike
- Thackthwaite Gill
- Thornthwaite
- Todwray
- Tranmoor
- Tranna Hill
- Turn End
- Wath
- West Grain
- Whin's Beck
- Whitber
- White Green
- Whiterigg
- Wraygreen
- Wyegarth Gill
- Yarlside