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.

Bare Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Barehede 1452 WCR

Etymology

, 1709 WMB , Barehede 1452WCR ' bare headland or hill ' , v. bær , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name