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.

Short Wait

Early-attested site in the Parish of Egton

Historical Forms

Shortwaite 1619 NR

Etymology

'Short enclosure' v. sceort , þveit .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Egton