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.

Borronhead

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Borwainehead(e), Borwenehead(e) 1597,1608 PR

Etymology

, 1771 M , Borwainehead (e ), Borwenehead (e )1597, 1608 PR , v. burgæsn ' cairn ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement