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.

Hindlethwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Coverham

Historical Forms

  • Hyndeletheyt 1269 Ipm
  • Hyndelaythwayt 1388 IpmR 1405 Pat

Etymology

This p.n. contains an older p.n., Hindelei 'forest clearing for hinds' from hind , leah , as in Heindley (PN YWR s.n.) and þveit .