The lesser topographical names like thorpe, and in Norwegian-dominated areas thwaite, were marginal settlements and clearings. |
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The village gets part of its name from the Old Norse word thwaite which usually refers to a clearing or settlement in the forest. |
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Elements like fell, thwaite and tarn, which are particularly common in Cumbria, are all Norse. |
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In addition to the 80 early poems printed by Thwaite, it adds more than 170 others, culled from manuscripts, typescripts and notebooks. |
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The road winds its way north from Simonstone near Hawes towards Thwaite and Muker past 20 metre deep limestone potholes called the Buttertubs. |
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From the summit of the fell the trail descends to upper Swaledale and the village of Thwaite. |
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Anthony Thwaite, one of Larkin's literary executors, became the society's first president. |
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From there, the valley runs briefly south then turns east at Thwaite to broaden progressively as it passes Muker, Gunnerside, Low Row, Healaugh and Reeth. |
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This was marked most significantly by a collection of essays entitled Larkin at Sixty, edited by Anthony Thwaite and published by Faber and Faber. |
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