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.

Headfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • Headfeild 1642 PRThl
  • le Hewed 1310 YDiv

Etymology

, 1817 M , Headfeild 1642 PRThl, probably named fromle Hewed 1310 YD iv , v. hēafod ' a headland ' , here a lofty knoll round which the Calder flows .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement