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.

Arrow Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Theale

Historical Forms

  • Langley Mead Arrow Head 1843 TA

Etymology

, 1842TA (Burghfield ) , Langley Mead Arrow Head 1843TA (Tilehurst ) ; this may have been the name of the narrow , pointed strip between R . Kennet and Holy Brook ; Holy Brook joins the Kennet at the point where the name is printed on the 6 ″ map .