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Survey of English Place-Names

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Falthwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Falthuuait c.1200 Pont
  • Falt(h)wayt(e) 13 YDi 1382 1613 Edmunds
  • Falthewayte 1393 ib
  • Falghthweyt, Falghthweit 1235 FF 1333 Riev
  • Fawltwait 1522 Testv
  • Fawthwayt, Fawthwaite 1588 WillY 1597 SessnR
  • Faulfitt 1771 M

Etymology

Falthwaite, Falthuuait c. 1200 Pont, Falt (h )wayt (e )13 YD i, 1382 ib iii, 1613 Edmunds, Falthewayte 1393 ib, Falghthweyt , Falghthweit 1235 FF, 1333 Riev, Fawltwait 1522 Test v, Fawlthwayte als. Fawthwayte 1574 FF Fawthwayt , Fawthwaite 1588 WillY, 1597 SessnR, Faulfitt 1771 M.'Clearing broken up for cultivation or one left lying fallow', v. falh , þveit . The later forms are normal local developments, cf. Phonol. §§ 6, 49.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site