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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lythe Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Linton

Historical Forms

  • Lyeth landes, Lythe browe 1611 Skp
  • Lythe 1791 PRBrn

Etymology

, Lyeth landes , Lythe browe 1611Skp 31, Lythe 1791 PRBrn , v. hlīð ' slope ' , here the steep hillside on the north of the R . Wharfe extending to Lythe Flat in Hebden (102infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site