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.

Ruthwaite

Major Settlement in the Parish of High Ireby

Historical Forms

  • Rutheweyt 1242 Pipe
  • Ruthwayt 1256 FF
  • Rughthweyt 1296 Ipm
  • Rughtwait in Ireby 1324 Lowther
  • Routtweyt 1300 GDR
  • Routhwayte 1540 AOMB
  • Roughthwayte 1543 MinAcct
  • Rowthwate 1576 S

Etymology

'Rough þveit,' v. rūh .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site