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.

Wath

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • th' Wath 1721 ib

Etymology

, 1642–1694 PR (freq ) , th ' Wath 1721 ib , v. vað ' ford ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement