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.

Wath

Other OS name in the Parish of Holme Low

Historical Forms

  • the Wath 1581–97 CW(OS)x
  • Wathe 1635 Ct

Etymology

is the Wath 1581–97 CW (OS) x, Wathe 1635Ct . v. vað .