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.

Mouthwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wensley

Historical Forms

Muset(h)wayt(h) 1253 Ch 1301 LS

Mousethwayt 1307 Ch

Musethoutland c.1200 Riev

Etymology

'Musi's enclosure' v. þveit . The first element is the ON pers. n. Músi .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement