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.

Murthwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Morethwayt 1395 Pat
  • Mrthwayt 1377 SR
  • Undermorethwait 1630 PR(K)
  • Undermoorthwait 1635 FF

Etymology

Murthwaite, 1836KCR , Morethwayt 1395 Pat (p), Mrthwayt 1377SR (p), Undermorethwait 1630 PR(K), Undermoorthwait 1635FF . 'Moorland clearing', v. mōr , þveit , cf. Murthwaite (ii, 31infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement