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.

Lythe Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • Lithebec(h) 1109–1114 YCh 1314 NRS
  • Lythebeck(e) 1335 ForP

Etymology

v. hlið 'slope' and bekkr .