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.

Owl Head Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Overblow

Historical Forms

  • Oulheued 1302 Sawl131d

Etymology

, Oulheued 1302Sawl 131d , v. ūle ' owl ' , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name