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.

Braithwaite Fold

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Bra(i)thwaite Mill, Bra(i)thwaite Fold 1738 Rent1 1787 ClarkeM
  • Braithwaite 1674 Ambls 1738 Rent

Etymology

, Bra (i )thwaite Mill , Bra (i )thwaite Fold 1738Rent 1, 1787 ClarkeM, namedfrom the family of Thomas Braithwaite (1674 Ambls 77, 1738Rent ) , or more probably , as Mr Bruce Thompson suggests , from the Braithwaites of Hawkshead ; an early member of the family is noted in 1443Ct 122 ; v. fald .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name