Lythe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Lythe
Historical Forms
- Lid 1086 DB 1201 Cur 1210 Abbr
- Liz 1181 P
- Lith(e), Lyth(e) 1201 Abbr 1508 Test
- Leth 1401 YI
- Lieth 1623 NR
Etymology
'The slope' v. hlið . The reference is to a slope which borders on the sea-coast north-west of Whitby. For the form Leth cf. Upleatham 153infra . The common form [lɑið] is from ON hlíð (which had a long vowel).