Thirlspot
Early-attested site in the Parish of St John's, Castlerigg and Wythburn
Historical Forms
- Thirspott 1616 PR(Crosth)
- Thrispott 1622 ib
- Threspat 1774 Donald
- Trespett 1787 ClarkeM
- Thirlspott 1628 PR(Crosth)
- Thurlspot 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
The forms, late as they are, point clearly to an original þyrspott , 'giant's pot, pool, or depression.' Thirlspot is close to Thirlmere (supra 35), and the l in the latter name may have caused the modern development from Thirs - to Thirls -. We may possibly compare Therspettes (Nb), an aquatorium, 1256 AssNb. Cf. also Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society , Vol. vii, Pt xliii, pp. 9–23.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Armboth
- Calfhow Pike
- Castlerigg Manor
- Dry Stone Knott
- Dunmail Raise
- Fornside
- Legburthwaite
- Lord's Island
- Naddle
- Setmabanning
- Shoulthwaite
- Shundraw
- Smaithwaite
- Sosgill
- Ullock Coppice
- Wanthwaite
- Wythburn
Other OS name
- Castlerigg Brow
- Castlerigg Fell
- Shoulthwaite Moss
- Smaithwaite Bridge
- Wythburn Chapel
- Adam's Cross
- Bank
- Barrow Ho
- Beckthorns
- Bell Craggs
- Birkett Bank
- Birkett Mire
- The Bog
- Bramcrag
- High and Low Bridgend
- Bridge Ho
- Broadstones
- Brotto
- Brownbeck
- Brown Rigg
- Buck Castle
- Burns
- The Butts
- Calfclose Bay
- Castle Rock
- Causeway Foot
- Cherrytree
- The City
- Clark's Leap
- Dale Bottom
- Dalehead Hall
- Dodd Crag
- Eddy Grave Stake
- Falcon Crag
- Fieldside
- Fisher Place
- Flour Gill
- Goose Well
- Great How
- Green
- Hill Top
- Hollin Brow
- Hollin Root
- Howgate
- Lady's Rake
- Lowthwaite
- Mire Ho
- Moor
- Moss Dikes
- Nab Crags
- Nest
- Nook
- Pietnest
- Pinfold How
- Raise
- Rakefoot
- Rampsholme Island
- Round Mount
- Row End
- Shaw Bank
- Smithy Ho
- Snipes How
- Stable Hills
- Stanah
- Standing Crag
- Steel End
- Stenkin
- Stenoch
- Sticks Pass
- Stybarrow Dod
- Stybeck
- The Swirls
- Wallow Crag
- Watson's Park
- West Head
- White Pike
- Yewhow Wood
- Yew Tree
- Yew Tree Cottage