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.

Thwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Cottingham

Historical Forms

  • le Qwayt c.1325 Dugd
  • Thwayte 1546 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is le Qwayt c. 1325 Dugd,Thwayte 1546 FF . v. þveit ' enclosure . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement