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.

Hollin Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Hollin hed spring 1540 Fount

Etymology

, 1859 O.S. , Hollin hed spring 1540 Fount , v. holegn ' holly ' , hēafod , spring ' plantation ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site