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.

Wythemoor Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Winscales

Historical Forms

  • Wythmoorhead 1725 Work

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Wythmoorhead 1725Work . v. wīðig , mōr ( or possibly mýrr ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement