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.

Greenhead

Other OS name in the Parish of Bamford

Historical Forms

  • Greeneheade 1637 ParRegHathersage

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Greeneheade 1637ParReg Hathersage , v. grēne 1 , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement