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.

Garfit

Early-attested site in the Parish of Helmsley

Historical Forms

Garthwayt 13 Kirkham

Garthpheit 13 Kirkham

Garthwat 1335 Kirkham

Etymology

'Clearing with a garth on it' v. garðr , þveit .

Places in the same Parish