Seathwaite
Early-attested site in the Parish of Borrowdale
Historical Forms
- Seuethwayt 1292 Ass
- Seuythwayt 1340 GDR
- Sethwayt, Sethwait 1542 DuLa
- Sethtwhat 1564 PR(Crosth)
- Seatwhait 1566 ib
- Sethat 1576 ib
- Seathwaite 1600 ib
Etymology
'Sedge clearing,' v. sef , þveit . The 1340 form would seem to be from the adjective sevy , 'overgrown with sedge.' Cf. Seavy Carr (PN ERY 248) and Seavy Sike supra 26.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Lodore
- Watendlath
- Greenup Edge
- Long Strath
- High Scawdel
- Seatoller
- Stockley Bridge
- Stonethwaite
- Sty Head
- Ashness
- Brown Dodd
- Burthwaite Bridge
- Glaramara
- Grange
- Tongue Head
Other OS name
- Eagle Crag
- Reecastle Crag
- Lodore Cascade
- Base Brown
- Longthwaite
- Riggside
- Rosthwaite
- Shepherds Crag
- Shivery Knott
- Stake
- High Tove
- Seatoller Fell
- Sty Head Pass
- Dovenest Crag
- Manesty
- Borrowdale Fells
- Grange Crags
- Birch How
- Bowder Stone
- Bull Crag
- Capell Crag
- Castle Crag
- Chapel Ho
- Ellers
- Field Ho
- Goat Crags
- Great End
- Hanging Knotts
- High Seat
- Hind Side
- Hollows
- Hollow Stone
- How
- Leathes Cottage