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.

Townhead

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Townehead 1634 Derwent

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Townehead 1634Derwent . It is at the upper end of Alston .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement