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.

Thwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aysgarth

Historical Forms

  • Arkeltwayt 1301 LS
  • Thwaite 1607 NR

Etymology

'Arkel's clearing.' Cf. Arkleside 253supra and þveit. On the loss of the first element cf. Waites House 135supra and Keld 272infra .