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.

Thackthwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Watermillock

Historical Forms

  • Thactwyt 1285 Ipm
  • Thakthweyt 1339 1561 Norfolk
  • Thackthwate 1582 PR

Etymology

'Clearing from which material for thatching is obtained,' v. þak , þveit .