_THWAITE
Basic meaning=cultivated area
Place names using the term
The Norse equivalent of ton, thwaite simply means a fenced-in area of cultivated land (what we today might call a field or paddock).

It could take the form of a clearing in wooded country, but would usually be away from the actual home as a fenced in garden beside the home would usually be called worth or worthy.

Applethwaite
Armathwaite
Bassenthwaite
Crosthwaite
Hallthwaites
Satterthwaite
Thornthwaite
Waberthwaite
Apple orchard
Hermit's place
Low down field
Field with a cross
High fields
Field now a pasture ground
Field with thorns
Wyber's field