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.

Sarthwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Sarethwait 1606,1609 PR

Etymology

, Sarethwait 1606, 1609 PR , probably ' clearingon sour boggy land ' , v. saurr , þveit , cf. Phonol. § 8 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement