English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Whithow Sike

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Wythasike 1636 BdyR(M.3)
  • Withesike 1652 ib
  • Whithow sike 1684,1815 1684 Dd
  • Whitow syke 1776 BdyR

Etymology

( lost ) , Wythasike 1636BdyR (M. 3), Withesike 1652 ib (M. 4),Whithow sike 1684, 1815 ib (M. 5, 17), 1684Dd , Whitow syke 1776BdyR , ' white hill ' , v. hwīt , haugr , sīc ' stream ' , the same stream as Hell Gill Beck (supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement