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.

Husthwaite

Major Settlement in the Parish of Husthwaite

Historical Forms

  • Hustwait, Hustwayt(e) 1167 P 1581 FF
  • Husthweyt, Husthwayt 1169–93 YCh 1283 Ebor

Etymology

'Þveitwith houses built on it' v. hus and cf. Norw  Hustveit (NG).

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement