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.

Lytheside

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Lithside, Lythside 1630,1635,1677 PR
  • Lise Side 1829 Dir
  • Lyth 1609 ib

Etymology

, Lithside , Lythside 1630, 1635, 1677 PR, Lise Side 1829 Dir, named from Lyth 1609 ib , v. hlíð ' slope ' , sīde , for the form Lise - cf. Gars (supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement