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.

Litherskew

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aysgarth

Historical Forms

  • Litherskewe 1606 NR

Etymology

'Wood of or on the slope' v. hlið (gen. hlíðar ), skogr . Cf. Litherland (La) and OIcel  hlíðarlond .