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.

Thethwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Castle Sowerby

Historical Forms

  • Theuesthweyt, Theuethweyt 1285 For
  • Thathwaite 1619 ExchKR
  • Theathwaite 1677 Rental

Etymology

If the forms of 1285 belong here, 'thief' or 'thieves clearing,' v. þveit and cf. Thiefside supra 234.