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.

Pillhead

Other OS name in the Parish of Westleigh

Historical Forms

  • Pilleheade 1333 SR

Etymology

is Pilleheade 1333SR (p) . It is at the top of a valley opening into the Torridge estuary , v. pyll .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement