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Charles Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Churleshead 1611 LRMB200 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1842 OS , Churleshead 1611LRMB 200, 1831 Bry , cf. Charles Head Foot 1831 ib , CharlesHead, Commonbarn 143supra , ' peasant's hill ' , v. ceorl , hēafod , fōt ' the foot of- ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site