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.

Thwaites

Other OS name in the Parish of Cumwhitton

Historical Forms

  • Thwaytes 1431 FF
  • Thwaite 1589 ExchKR

Etymology

may be Thwaytes 1431 FF. It is Thwaite 1589ExchKR . v. þveit .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement