sentences:  The idea of a 'head' or 'end' is topographically apt, since the village is sited on the elevated end of a long strip of valley-side woodland which begins at the ancient Bradwell Wood five miles to the north.The early origins date from 2500 BC, and there have been three archaeological finds from this period.A study by the local city Council stated of Penkhull that... "it has held a settlement for over four thousand years".