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.

The Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Etymology

, 1857OS , Kentmerehead 1649 Parl -Surv 3 , Head 1836KCR , v. hēafod , here a hill above Kentmere village .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name