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.

Nenthead

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Nentheade 1631 ib
  • Nintshead 1695 ib
  • Ninthead 1705 PR

Etymology

is Nentheade 1631 ib., Nintshead 1695 ib., Ninthead 1705 PR .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement