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.

Toathmain

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Todman, Toteman 1279 Ass
  • Tothemanfeld 1429 Lowth(Sh23)
  • Totheman 1625 FF
  • Tothman(e) 1603,1692 PR 1720 PR(Bm)
  • Toathmain 1473 CWix,280
  • Toathman 1759,1790 PR
  • Toothman 1574,1591 PR

Etymology

An obscure name. It is possibly a shortened form of Tothemanfeld , where the first el. could be the surname recorded in the earliest spellings. The name also occurs as the f.n. Tothman in Soulby (ii, 24supra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement