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.

Thingwall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • Tingwal 1145–8 YCh
  • Thingwala 1155–65 Whitby

Etymology

v. Þingvǫllr . The name is undoubtedly that of the moatstead of a very strong Scand colony in Eskdale. There is no clue to the site. Cf. Fingay Hill 213infra .