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 Caldbeck

Historical Forms

  • Townehead 1720 ib

Etymology

is Townehead 1720 ib . It is the upper end of Caldbeck village . v. tūn .