Sackwath
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bampton
Historical Forms
- Sackwatmire 1294 Lowth
- le Sackewathe a.1296 ib
- Sakewath 1488 ib
- Saketwath 1505 Clib
- Sackwath (head) 1710 PR 1839 TA
Etymology
Sackwath (lost), Sackwatmire 1294Lowth , Sakwath 1295 le Sackewathe a. 1296 ib, Sakewath 1488 ib, Saketwath 1505 Clib, Sackwath (head )1710 PR, 1839TA . The first el. could be an OWScand word sǫkk represented by Icel sökk ,Norw dial sokk 'hollow, pit', an assimilated form of the stem sank - 'sink' as in Swed sank 'swampy, watery' or the Norw r.ns. Sanka (NElv 207–8); for related words (like English sink , etc.) cf. Jóhannesson 785. 'Ford in the hollow or swampy place', v. vað . The TA map locates the place at grid 83–515193 by the side of the Lowther where there is now a foot-bridge.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bomby
- Borwains
- Butterwick
- Carhullan
- Clattercollackhow
- Walmgate, Walm Howe
- Whelter Beck, Crags & Knotts
- Hardkin
- Towtop, Towtop Kirk
- Colby Folds
- Hullockhowe
- Jump Lum
- High & Low Knipe
- Laythwaite Crags
- Littlewater
- Measand Becks & End
- Rough Hill
- High & Low Drybarrows
- Thornthwaite Hall
Other OS name
- Aika Hill
- Cockle Hill
- Denny Hill
- Dentmoor
- Eastward
- Eel Coop
- Fieldgate Ho
- Flake Howe(lost)
- Fordingdale Force
- Four Stones Hill
- Gate Crag
- Giants' Graves
- Grange Ho
- Greengate
- Halfa Bridge
- Keldhead
- Knipe Hall, Moor, & Scar
- High & Low Kop
- Lad Crags
- Lady's Seat
- Lanty Crag
- Long Grain
- Low Raise
- Lowther Hause
- Low Water
- Meikle Moss
- Mellbecks
- Moora
- Moorahill
- The Pen
- Pinnacle Howe
- Pow Beck
- Randale Beck
- Raven Howe
- Riggindale
- Risebarrow
- Round Table
- Tail o' Ling
- Ulgill Gutter
- Vaugh Steel
- Waita
- Walmgate Foot
- Wether Hill
- Willdale
- Winder Hill
- Woodfoot
- Yews Mire
- Beckfoot
- Dalefoot, Dalehead
- Hanging Stones
- Heald
- High Ho
- High Howe
- Hollin
- Howe
- Howes Beck
- Howgate Foot
- Hungerhill
- Inkern Beck
- Ireland Wood
- Keasgill Sike
- Midge Hole(lost)
- St Patrick's Church & Well
- Thornthwaite Force
- Bampton Bridge, Common, Grange, & Hall
- Benty Howe
- Black Bridge
- Blaika Sike
- Burn Banks
- Butterwick Crag & Green
- Castle Crag
- Cawdale, Cawdale Beck
- Christen Sike
- Christ's Cross Gate
- Church Bridge
- Gill Dubbs
- Hart Hill
- Kid Moor
- Millcraggs
- Sandhill Knotts (submerged)
- Toddle Cottage & Gutter
- Bason Crag
- Crag Top
- Gillhead
- The Hause
- Kidsty Pike
- Rowan or Rowland Park (submerged)
- Scarside
- Sceugh
- Scrogs Hall
- Seal Hole
- Setterah Sike
- Skews
- Skreel Side
- Slape Stone
- Spa Well
- Stanegarth
- Stone Circle