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.

Town Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Penistone

Historical Forms

  • the towne head 1647 YDr

Etymology

, 1771 M , the towne head 1647 YDr , v. prec. , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name