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.

Roe Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Mirfield

Etymology

, 1843 O.S. , probably ' roe-buck head ' , v. , heafod , cf. Hartshead , the adjoining township .