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 Dacre

Historical Forms

  • Townehead 1610,1649 PR
  • Great Bleneow Towne Head 1703 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Townehead 1610, 1649 PR, Great Bleneow Towne Head 1703 ib . v. tūn .