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.

Dykehead

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Dike Head nigh Nent Head 1736 PR

Etymology

is Dike Head nigh Nent Head 1736 PR .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement