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.

Broad Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Keighley

Historical Forms

  • Brodhe(a)d 1582,1584 WillY

Etymology

, 1647 PRKy , Brodhe (a )d 1582, 1584 WillY , v. brād , hēafod ' headland ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement