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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 Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Murthwhayt 1571 PR
  • Murthwat 1580,1583 ib
  • Murthwait(e) 1628 1823 M
  • Murthat(e) 1643,1683 PR
  • Mortwhaite 1711 ib

Etymology

Murthwaite, Murthwhayt 1571 PR, Murthwat 1580, 1583 ib, Murthwait (e )1628 ibet freq to 1823 M, Murthat (e )1643, 1683 PR, Mortwhaite 1711 ib. 'Moorland clearing', v. mōr , þveit , cf. Murthwaite (i, 161supra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement