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.

Northstead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Scalby

Historical Forms

  • Nort(h)stede 1550 FF 1619 NRS

Etymology

'North place' v. norþ , stede .