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.

Helwath Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Fylingdales

Historical Forms

  • Helewath 1231 Ass
  • Helwath 1369 Whitby

Etymology

'Ford made with flat stones' from ON  hella 'flat stone' (cf. Rygh, NG Indledning s.v.) and vað . Cf. a lost Hellawath in Glaisdale (1119, 1129 Guis).

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