Lyth
Early-attested site in the Parish of Heversham
Historical Forms
- (le) Lyth(e), Lith(e) 1247 Cl 1292 Ass44 1297 Pat 1308 Kendii,90 1374 1777 M
- le Liht 1283 Ipm
- Leight 1650 Rent16
- (the) Lieth, Lyeth(e) 1511 Kendi,151 1552 AOMB 1574 Comm 1657 PR
- Leithe 1607 Dep
- Leyeth 1647 PR
Etymology
v. hlið 'slope, hillside'. The later forms represent the development of the long vowel -ī - and the name is probably therefore from ON hlíð rather than OE hlið .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Savin Hill
- Scale Hill
- Slape Scars
- Spout Ho
- Staithwaite Borrow
- Stakes Moss
- Stankeld Plant
- Stubbing Wood
- Tarn Hill, Tarnside
- Thorfor Bridge
- Totter Bank
- Town End, Town Yeat
- Wakebarrow
- Watson's Wood
- Wheatlands Wood
- Whitebeck, Whitebeck Bridge
- White Scar
- Whitlingpot Well
- Windyhowe Hill
- Woodside
- High & Low Yews
- Bank Fm
- Bridge Ho
- Capon Crag
- Deepthwaite
- Ellers Wood
- Fishcarling Head
- Haverflatts
- Hawbarrow
- Heversham Hall & Head
- Horncop
- Marsh Drain
- Park Hill & Ho
- Rowell
- Banner Riggs
- Bradley Fm
- Greenhead
- Greenside Fm
- Harry Brow
- Hincaster Hall
- Sellet Hall & Hill
- Well Heads
- Bell Wood
- Birks Cottage
- Brettargh Holt
- Brigsteer Mill
- Causeway End
- Cotes
- Crow Wood
- Deer Hill & Park
- Diana's Temple
- Dropping Well
- Eversley Ho
- Fell Side
- Fiddler's Causeway
- Grievegate Lane
- Halforth
- Heaves
- Holme Bottom
- Hyning
- Lane End
- Levens Bridge, Hall, Moss, & Park
- Nether Levens
- Lily Wood
- Lord's Plain
- Parkend Lane
- Park Head
- Quaggs House Fm
- Salt Marsh
- Sampool Bridge
- Savinbrow
- Scar Bank
- Sizergh Fell
- Spout Ho
- Turn Hole
- Whinthwaite
- Beggarside Hill
- Grisleymires, Grisley Well
- High Cragg Yeat
- Marsh Rd
- Milnthorpe Bridge
- Paradise Lane
- Park Side
- St Anthony's Ho & Tower
- Birkrigg Park
- Broken Brow
- Carter Ho
- Commonmire
- Crooklands
- Deer Park
- Endmoor
- Enyeat
- Eskrigg Lane
- Field End
- Hollycroft
- Kidside
- Lane Fm
- Lorrimer Yeat
- Low Park
- Milton
- Milton Moor
- Old Hall
- Peasey Bridge
- Row End & Head
- Sepulchre Lane
- Spy's Acre Wood
- Storth End
- Stubb Fm
- Summerlands
- Urchin Rigg
- Basinghyll Mills
- Force Bridge
- High Ho
- Priestmire
- Raines Hall
- The Waste
- Wilson Place
- Barrows Green
- Cockrigg
- Cornthwaite(lost)
- Eccles Lodge
- Halfpenny
- Hawthorn Hill
- The Helm, Helm End
- High Ho
- Horse Bank
- Humphrey
- Knotts
- Mary Bank
- Mill Bridge
- Shyreakes Lane
- Skettlegill
- Stainton Beck
- Stainton Ings
- Stang, Stanggreen
- Underhelm Fm
- Viver
- Anastice
- Arndale Beck
- Backhouse Bank
- Barkbooth
- Barney Crags
- Bendhue Hill
- Bennett's Wood
- High & Low Birks
- Borderside
- Bowland Bridge
- Broad Oak
- Broomer Dale
- Cartmell Fold
- Catcragg
- Church Bank & Lane
- Cock Moss
- Colehowe Wood
- Cowclose Wood
- The Crag
- Crosthwaite Green & Mill
- Dawson Fold
- Dodds Howe
- Draw Well
- Durham Bridge
- Esp Ford
- Fell Edge & Side
- Flodder Hall
- Foldham Hill
- Forestead Spring
- Fothersty Green
- Foxhole Bank
- Gillbirks
- Gilpin Bank & Fm
- Grass Garth
- Green Bank
- Greendale Wood
- Hardrigg
- Haycote
- High & Low Heads
- Hemp Rake
- The High
- Hill Top
- Hollow Clough Gill
- Hollow Stones
- Holmes Lane & Wood
- Howe
- Howe Ridding
- Johnscales
- Keen Wood
- Kit's Ridding
- Lamb Howe
- Linhead Wood
- Lord's Bridge & Seat
- Low
- Lyth Moss
- Maze Well
- Megbeck Well
- Michael Yeat
- Mill Bridge & Dam
- Mireside
- Mirk Howe
- Moon's Wood
- Moss Side
- Nabs
- New Ho
- Night Hill
- Oak Bank
- Park Cottage
- Pether Pots
- Pinfold Hill
- Pool Bank
- Pool Bridge
- Raven's Crag
- Rawsons
- Rickettrae
- Row
- Row Head
- St Mary's Church
- Sanderson Fold