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.

Hindley Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Hindelayhead 1672 PRGis

Etymology

, Hindelayhead 1672 PRGis , ' hinds'clearing ' , v. hind , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site