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 .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Briggswath
- Flat Howe
- Grosmont
- Iburndale
- Lythe Beck
- Sleights
- Ugglebarnby
- Cock Mill
- Gnipe Howe
- Hawsker Bottoms
- Larpool Hall
- Ling Hill
- Rigg
- Saltwick
- Shawm Rigg
- Spital Bridge
- Stainsacre
- Whitby Laithes
- Dunsley
- Graystone
- Raithwaite
- Swarthoe Cross
- Ruswarp Carr
- Stakesby
- Upgang
- Airy Hill
- Baldby Fields
- Breck
- Church Street
- Flowergate
- Prestby
- Sowerby
- Thingwall