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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rosthwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Borrowdale

Historical Forms

  • Rasethuate 1503 Cocker
  • Rastwhat 1563 PR(Crosth)
  • Raystwhat, Raistwhat 1564 ib
  • Restwhait 1566 ib
  • in Boradell 1603 ib
  • Rosthwait 1786 Gilpin

Etymology

is Rasethuate 1503Cocker , Rastwhat 1563 PR (Crosth), Raystwhat , Raistwhat 1564 ib.,Restwhait 1566 ib., (in Boradell ) 1603 ib., Rosthwait 1786 Gilpin . ' Clearing marked by, or surrounding, a cairn , ' v. hreysi , þveit .