Flawith

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Flawith

Unitary authority

North Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

North Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townYORKPostcode districtYO61PoliceNorth YorkshireFire North Yorkshire AmbulanceYorkshire

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

54°04′56″N 1°15′51″W / 54.082270°N 1.264110°W / 54.082270; -1.264110

Flawith is a village and civil parish in Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.^[1]^[2] It is situated approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Easingwold. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Aldwark.

The origin of the place-name is not clear. One explanation is that it comes from the Old Norse words flagth and vath meaning ford of the female troll or witch. Alternatively it might come from the Old Norse flatha meaning flat meadow or from the Old English fleathe meaning water-lily. The place-name appears as Flathwayth in c. 1190.^[3]

References

^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 100 Malton & Pickering (Helmsley & Easingwold) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231203.
^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780199609086.