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.

Murthwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Muncaster

Historical Forms

  • Murthat 1748 CWx.

Etymology

is Murthat 1748 CW x. Cf. Morewhat Greene 1604 PR (Whicham) , Murthatgreene 1649 ib. , Moorthwait greene 1656 ib . ' Moor clearing , ' v. þveit .