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.

Thornthwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Thornwathall 1224 BdyR(R.1) 1651

Etymology

, Thornwathall 1224 (1651) BdyR (R. 1) , ' thorn-tree clearing ' , v. þorn , þveit , cf. Thornthwaite ( ii , 192 infra , Cu 270 , YW v , 137 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement