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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sillathwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Ennerdale and Kinniside

Historical Forms

  • Sillithwate or Sirrithwate 1578 Cocker

Etymology

is Sillithwate or Sirrithwate 1578Cocker . If the latter form is correct , this may be ' Sigríðr 's þveit . ' Cf. supra 383 .