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.

Lunthwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Matterdale

Historical Forms

  • Lunthwhate 1686 PR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Lunthwhate 1686 PR . Possibly a compound of lundr and þveit .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement