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.

Short Wait

Early-attested site in the Parish of Egton

Historical Forms

  • Shortwaite 1619 NR

Etymology

'Short enclosure' v. sceort , þveit .

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