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.

Westside Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Malham

Historical Forms

  • Westsydehous(s)(es), Westsidehous(s)(es) 1496 FountRent 1535 VE 1540 Fount 1719 Yorke
  • Wessythouses, Wessitthouses 1557 WillY 1598 TC
  • Wessidehouses 1583 WillY
  • Wessedhouses 1608 PRMl
  • Wessydhouses 1620 ib
  • Wesddhouses 1686 ib
  • Wessehouses 1584 WillY
  • Wesstehouses 1605 PRMl
  • West House 1817 M

Etymology

'Houses on the west hill-side', v. west , sīde , hūs . The reference is to the western side of Knowe Fell.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site