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.

Laithes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Skelton

Historical Forms

  • del Lathes 1292 Ass
  • Leathes 1547 Ct
  • the Laithes 1563 PR(Greystoke)
  • the Laythes Brigg 1589 LRMB

Etymology

v. hlaða .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement