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.

Bullhead

Other OS name in the Parish of Iddesleigh

Historical Forms

  • Boleheade 1327 Ass
  • Boleheved 1330 SR
  • Bolehed(ys) 1402 Fine 1440 FF
  • Bolehede 1475–85 ECP2,155

Etymology

is Boleheade 1327Ass (p), Boleheved 1330SR (p), Bolehed (ys )1402 Fine, 1440FF , Bolehede 1475–85 ECP 2, 155 . ' Bull's head , ' cf. Farcet, PN BedsHu 185 .

Places in the same Parish