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Survey of English Place-Names

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Trainford Brow

Other OS name in the Parish of Lowther

Historical Forms

  • Tranthwayt 1378 NWm
  • Tranthwaite 1733 ib

Etymology

, 1859OS , Tranthwayt 1378 NWm 331, Tranthwaite 1733 ib 334 , ' crane-haunted clearing ' , v. trani , þveit , cf. Tranthwaite (i, 103supra ) , Tranesic (infra ) .