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.

Applethwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Underskiddaw

Historical Forms

  • Apelthwayt c.1220 Fountains 1371 IpmR
  • Appelthweit 1222 Pipe
  • Appelethwayt 1230 Scotland
  • Appelwayth 1278 Ass
  • Appilthwait c.1230 Fountains
  • Appilthwayt 1310 Carliol
  • in Bastenthwayt 1339 GDR
  • Applethweyt 1281 MinAcct
  • Aplewhaite 1600 PR(Crosth)
  • Appulthuayt 1526 CW(OS)x

Etymology

'Apple clearing,' v. þveit .