TEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. " 11 



Manyfold B. — manig-feald, A.-S. ? Many sheep folds. 



Mawmon B. — perhaps Mawm'in or noiselessly running ; mawm 

 is "Yorkshire" for peaceable, sedate, quiet. 



Mere B. — h. running out of or from a mere or pool, or tarn. 



Merrygill B. — Mary-Gill, of Christian time. 



Nor B. — on south side of Tees, running north. 



Eowantree B. — of the Eowan or Mountain Ash. Pyrus Aucu- 

 paria. 



Eowton B. — ? Eowtin', noisy, tumultuous ; there is a Eowtin' 

 linn south of Cheviot with that character. 



Scar B.— of the Scar. • 



Skyer B. — perhaps same as Sear Beck. 



Sink B. — ^perhaps for A.-S. sincan, to sink away. 



Spurlswood B. — (the beck of the wood of tracks. A cart 

 spurling in the ]i!^orth,=the tracks made by wheels. Spoor, 

 footstep, tracing, pursuit. Bell.) 



Stake B. — staked across ? 



Sudburn B. — on north side of Tees ; pleonasm, burn and beck ; 

 perhaps from running south. 



Swarth (twice) and Swath B. — ? swea/rt, swart, sweort, swert, 

 A.-S., black. The Black B. 



Swindale B. (twice) — I. of the dale of swine, or oblique dale. 

 See Swindale. ' 



Thorsgill B. — h. of the Gill dedicated to Thor. Korse Thunor. 

 Old Ger. Donar. The thunder god, first son of Odin and the 

 Earth ; or from a chief, or proprietor. See Balder, supra. 



Trout B. — ^from the trout ; perhaps modern. 



Tutta B. — ^from tuta, Suio-Goth., the sounding water. Whit- 

 aker. See Tutta. 



"West B. and "Wester B. — ^from their position with regard to 

 some house. 



"Whorlton B. — of the village "Whorlton or Quarryton. 



■Wilden B. — of the den of wild beasts or game. Wild, A.-S., . 

 a wild beast. 



Wool B. — ^perhaps, where sheep and wool were washed. 



