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.

Southwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Dacre

Historical Forms

  • Southwaite c.1545 CWxiv
  • Sowthat 1578 PR 1677 Rental
  • Southwhat 1599 PR

Etymology

is Southwaite c. 1545 CW xiv, Sowthat 1578 PR, 1677Rental , Southwhat 1599 PR . v. þveit .