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.

The Fitts

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • Fyths 1395 Whitby

Etymology

'Luxuriant grasslands on the bank of a river' from ON  fit , which enters into a number of Icel place-names (cf. Landnamabók ) and into such Norw place-names as Fiane , Fidjane (Rygh, NG Indledning 49). Cf. Feetham 271infra .