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.

Thornythwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Matterdale

Historical Forms

  • Thornythwait 1570 ib
  • thornethwayt 1589 LRMB

Etymology

is Thornythwait 1570 ib. (Greystoke),thornethwayt 1589LRMB . ' Thorny þveit . '

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement