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.

Longthwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Watermillock

Historical Forms

  • Lonktwayt 1253 Ipm
  • Langthweyt 1285 For
  • Langthwate 1487 Ipm
  • Langthet 1582 PR
  • Longthwaite 1793 ClarkeM

Etymology

v. lang , þveit .