Woolthwaite
Early-attested site in the Parish of Tickhill
Historical Forms
- Wlvathuait, Wlvatue[it] 1148,1156 YCh179,186
- Wlvetueit 1158–66 YCh175
- Wlvethwait 1241 Riev
- Wlvethauyth 1254–68 Bodl35
- Wlwait l.12 Nost56
- Wuluethweit 1246 Ass38d
- Wolt(h)wayt 1368 Edmunds 1379 PT 1546 YChant
- Wollethwayte 1424 YDx
- Woulwheite 1546 FF
- Woolfit 1817 M
- Wolfit 1822 Langd
Etymology
'Clearing infested by wolves', v. úlfr (gen.pl. úlfa ), þveit , and cf. Outhwaite La 181 of similar origin. The latest forms in -fit represent a common dial. development of thwaite .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Dumpling Castle
- Limestone Hill
- North Wong
- Sand Pit
- Eastfield
- Martin Beck
- Oddy Wood
- Sand Rock
- All Hallows Hill
- Apy Hill
- Ash Holt
- Bagley Green
- Belridge Wood
- Black Lane
- Blyth Gate Lane
- Bracken Croft Lane
- Broad Oak Lane
- Clarel Hall
- Clay Croft Closes
- Crooked Lane Head
- Fox Hole Lane
- Friars Hill
- Gallow Hill
- Goole Dike
- Greystone Lane
- Hell Lane
- Hindley Closes
- Hollinghead Lane
- Holly
- Hopyard Lane
- King's Closes
- Moor Ho
- Prior Cottage
- Rowland's Well
- Sawney Hill
- Secret Flats
- Sheepwash Lane
- Slutwell Stream
- South Wongs
- Spital Croft
- Stone Cross
- Stony Lane
- Tickhill Common
- Tickhill Holt
- Water Lane
- Wheat Acre Lane
- Whinny Haugh