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Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England
Flawith
Flawith is located in North YorkshireFlawithFlawithLocation within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE482654
Civil parish
  • Flawith
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Ceremonial county
Region
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townYORK
Postcode districtYO61
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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. 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.

Main street in Flawith

References

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

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