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.

Mulwith

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Mulewath 1170–80 YCh124 1241,1306 Ebor 1297 LS
  • Mulwaith 1205–9 YChix
  • Mullewathe 1341 Ripi
  • Mulwath 1228 Ripi 1329 Ebor 1533 MinAcct
  • Mouwath 1303 KF
  • Moulw(h)ath 1306 Ebor 1309 Percy
  • Moulewath 1329 Ebor 1352 Ripi
  • Mulwith 1592 PRRip

Etymology

'Muli's ford', from the ON  pers.n. Múli (cf. Mowthorpe YN 35), and vað.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site