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.

Thwaites Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Thwaite 1771 M

Etymology

, Thwaite 1771 M , v. þveit ' clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement