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Survey of English Place-Names

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Greenhead Park

Other OS name in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Greneheade 1581 WillY
  • Grenehed 1616 FF
  • Greenehead 1651 WillS 1675 WYD

Etymology

, Greneheade 1581 WillY, Grenehed 1616FF, Greenehead 1651 WillS, 1675 WYD , ' green headland ' , v. grēne 1 , hēafod ( in the sense ' hill ' ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site