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.

Lounthwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Thore

Historical Forms

  • Lounthwayt 1362 Cl
  • Lownthwaite 1687 BdyR 1694 Dep 1724 PR
  • Lowenthwaite 1438 NB 1443 Rydal
  • Lownethwayte 1564 CWxxi,208
  • Lownethwaite 1577 Hothf
  • Lownetwhayte 1585 ib
  • Lonethwaite 1758 PR
  • Lanthwait 1758 Hothf

Etymology

'Secluded or hidden clearing', v. laun , þveit , cf. Longthwaite (Cu 334), Lounthwaite (YW vi, 84). But ON  logn 'calm, quiet' (ModE  dial. lown ) is also possible (Lindkvist 117).