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.

Spital Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Warkworth

Etymology

Spital Fm. 'The Spittle-house , formerly an infirmary or hospital for lepers. In old times called The Hospital of St. Leonard near Banbury' (Bridges i, 220).

Places in the same Parish