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.

Aire Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malham

Etymology

, the reputed source of the R . Aire , where a beck emerges from the hill - side and then joins Malham Beck which emerges further north from the foot of the cliff at Malham Cove .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site