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 Ashbourne

Historical Forms

  • ad capud ville de Assheburne 1330 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , ad capud ville de Assheburne (p.n.) 1330Ass , v. tūn , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement