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Full record: Haltwhistle

County Northumberland
Transcript h[aut]w[isel]
Icon description single building
Icons
  • building
Description faded
Appearances
  • faded
Etymology OFr haut, 'high' + ME twisel, OE twisla, 'fork of a river or road'
Translation
Earlier editors hautwisel (Parsons)
Early Maps
Overwritten no
Attested spelling Hautwisel 1240 Sc