Waits House
Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickering
Historical Forms
- dom' le Weyte 1296 YI
- Whaytes 1322 NRS
Etymology
The name probably means 'watch house' from NFr *wait 'watch'; cf. NE wait used in the sense of 'watch' and Waytail Gate 142infra . v. hus . The form dom ' = Lat. domus .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Allan Tops
- Blawath Beck
- Braithwaite
- Brocka Beck
- Eller Beck
- Hawthorn Hill
- Hunt House
- Rudmoor
- Sil Howe
- Simon Howe
- Bellyfax Grange
- Kekmarish
- Howlgate
- Newton Beck and Newtondale
- Ruddings
- Scarf Hill
- Birdgate
- Blansby
- Broates
- Edymarsh
- Farwath
- Friar's Ditch
- Greengate
- Gundale
- Killing Nab Scar
- Little Dale
- Midsyke Drain
- Pickering Beck
- Pickering Vale
- Potterhill
- Rawcliff
- Saintoft
- Wardle Rigg
- Waterpool
- Yatts