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.

Carr Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Carhead 1591 WillY
  • rivulum voc' le Carre Sike als. le Carre Cloughe 1614 Wharn

Etymology

, 1771 M , Carhead 1591 WillY, namedfrom rivulum voc ' le Carre Sike als. le Carre Cloughe 1614Wharn 22 , v. kjarr ' marsh ' , sīc , clōh .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site