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.

Heady Fields

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • le Hedynges 1421 YDi

Etymology

, possibly identical with le Hedynges 1421 YD i , ME  hefding ' heading ' , ' headland of thecommon field ' ( cf. Haddings 204supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name