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 Park & Rigg

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Murthwaite 1672 NWm

Etymology

, 1859OS , named from the family of Richard Murthwaite (1672 NWm 60) , or from Murthwaite (supra ) , v. park , hrycg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement