Birstwith
Major Settlement in the Parish of Hampsthwaite
Historical Forms
- Beristade 1086 DB
- Birslad (sic for Birstad) 1230 Ebor
- Birscate (sic) 1301 YI
- Bristath, Brystath 1386,1508 MinAcct
- Brysteith 1521 KnaresWill
- Bristethe 1538 ib
- Birstithe 1563 ib
- Bristarth als. Bristeth 1651 ParlSurv
- Birstwith 1663,1677 PRHmp
Etymology
v. bȳjar-staðr 'farmstead, site of a farm', as in the fairly common Norw p.n. Bjaastad (NGIndl 76). The OE byrg -stæð 'landing-place belonging to a burg or fort' suggested by Ekwall is an improbable explanation topographically.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Staupes
- Cote Syke
- Forest Moor
- Gormires Wood
- Hareville
- Pond House Fm
- Stockdales Plant
- Burley Bank
- Egmont Ho
- Fairfield Ho
- Fogfield Ho
- Fringill
- Gallows Crag
- Hardgroves Hill
- Ivy Fm
- Birkel Hole
- Harry Gap
- Springfield Fm
- Barse Beck
- Cold Cotes
- Constable Ridge
- Holly Bank
- Randal Lane
- West Syke
- Bog Well
- Cockhill Beck
- Cruet Ho
- Gillthorne
- Hampsthwaite Hollins
- Knox Hill
- Throstle Nest
- West Lane
- Carlow Ridge
- The Carr
- Cinder Hills
- Crake Ho
- Darley Head
- Day Ash, Day Lair
- Darley Bridge
- Delves Ridge
- Hursthwaite
- Bents Fm
- Black Gate
- Blawith Wham
- Blow Tarn
- Brake
- Brandrith Ho
- Brow Top, Brow Wood
- Calf Crags
- Carlhow Ridge, Carlhow Stoop
- Catherine Or Katty White's Allotments
- Fall Beck, Fall Bridge
- Fewston Crags
- Folly Gill, Folly Hall
- Forest
- High Ho
- Humberstone Bank
- Leeming Lane, Leeming Stile
- Moorhouse Hill
- Nar Hill
- Padside Beck, Padside Green, Padside Hall, Padside Head
- Pike Crag
- Platts
- Rabbit Graff
- Ray Bank
- Redlish
- Red Sike
- Rochard Craggs, Rochard Dike, Rochard Rigg
- Rowan Tree Yards
- Slade Ho
- Stony Rigg
- Tarn Gill
- Washburn Head
- Yates Ho
- Meg Gate
- The Moss
- New Bridge
- Pope Garth
- Red Dike
- Red Gate
- Slack Hill
- Sleights
- Smithy Fm
- Wham Bridge
- Crag Lane
- Long Lane
- Slack Dike
- Carr Well
- Hookstone
- Langer Hill Lane
- Lawn's Fm
- Lazenby Castle
- Little Slack
- Lolly Bog
- Long Slack Ho
- Low Green
- Moke Hill
- Moorcock Hall
- Mount Bank
- Nessfield Ho
- North Pole
- Reynard Crag
- School Wood
- Scot Beck
- Sheepcote Lane
- Silver Dale
- Stone Beds
- Stumps
- Tanner Ing
- Thornhill Ho, Thornhill Slack
- Turpin Lair
- Varley Lair
- Birk Gill
- Bell Bank
- Bell Ho
- Birstwith Hall
- Bullace Bank
- Clapham Green
- Cobb Hill
- Cote Hill
- Crag Hall
- Crow Hill
- Crow Trees
- Elton Hill
- Emmet Lane
- Fell Buildings
- Hew Green
- Hirst Grove
- Lackon Bank
- Lumley Hill
- Swale's Plant
- Cragg Hall
- Horseman Well
- Siddle Lane
- White Wall Lane
- Bracken Bridge
- Heck Gill
- Harper Bridge, Harper Gate, Harper Lane