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.

Staithes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hinderwell

Historical Forms

Setonstathes 1415 YI

Stathes 1577 Saxton 1665 Visit

Stease 1686 Marske

Etymology

v. stæþ . Staithes is a little fishing village built in a creek on the sea-coast.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement