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Survey of English Place-Names

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Layther Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Lathof c.1220 Vyner
  • Laytholfur 1335 YDviii

Etymology

Layther Hill, 1846TA , Lathof c. 1220Vyner , Laytholfur 1335 YD viii. Of similar origin to Laither iii, 39 supra , a compound of ON  leið 'track' and ON  hvalf , holf 'vault, arch'; it may have been the original name of Low Bridge across Markington Beck.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site