Upleatham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Upleatham
Historical Forms
- Upelider 1086 DB
- Uplyum, Uplium, Uplihum 1119,1129,1230–50 Guis 1310 Ch
- Uplithum 1140–54 Whitby 13 1280 Ch 1308 Whitby
- Ouerlidun 1181 P
- Uppelithum 1222–40,1239 Guis
- Lyum 1231 Ass 1257,1292 Ch
- Oppelidun 1314 NRS
- Uplethum 1285 KI 16 YI 1407
- Upleythome 1581 FF
- Upledam 1613 NR
- Up-Leatham 1665 Visit
Etymology
'The upper slopes' v. upp(e), hlið . The DB form represents the ON nom. plur. hliðir , whilst the remaining forms are from the dat. plur. hliðum . For the P form Ouer -v. ufera .
The modern form of the name has arisen as follows:—ME ĭ in the open syllable was lengthened to ī and lowered to ē (written e , ey ) in the 15th cent.: this was raised to [i:] in modern times, as also in Cleveland 128supra , Kirkleatham, Healam, Skeeby, Smeaton 155, 220, 288, 211.