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.

Fusethwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Pheswait, Feusthauith 1210–46 Cockers

Etymology

( lost ) , Pheswait ,Feusthauith 1210–46 Cockers , ' cow-shed clearing ' , v. -hūs , þveit , cf. Fusethwaite , Fusedale ( i , 196 , ii , 216 infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site