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.

Great Crosthwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Keswick

Historical Forms

  • Crostweit c.1150 StB
  • Crostwayt c.1160 Fountains
  • Crosthuueit c.1200 Coll.Top.etGen.
  • Crostwaith c.1210 Fountains
  • Great Crosthayth c.1220 ib
  • Croswait c.1255 ib
  • Crossethwayth 1283 ib
  • Crosthat 1570 PR(Greystoke) 1621 ib
  • Crostat 1648 ib
  • Croswath 1250 Fountains
  • Crosswayth c.1255 ib
  • Crosswater, Groweswetter 1553–5 ECP
  • Corsthwaite 1750 Pococke
  • Crosttwait c.1220 Fountains
  • parva Crostweyt in Bastenthwayt 1292 Ass
  • parua Crosthwate 1450 Netherhall
  • Lytyll Crostwat 1563 PR(Crosth)

Etymology

'þveitmarked by a cross.'