Thwaite
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Thwaite could be
- Thwaite, Norfolk, England
- Thwaite, Suffolk, England
- Thwaite St Mary, Norfolk, England
- Thwaite, North Yorkshire
Thwaite and Keld are both Viking (Norse) place names in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The etymology is thwaite = clearance, keld = a place by the river. The suffix :-thwaite is also common in place names in that region.
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[edit] Thwaites
- Aynsworth Thwaites, founder of Thwaites & Reed, clockmakers.
- Hugh Thwaites
- John Thwaites (British politician) (1815–1870)
- John Thwaites (Australian politician) (born 1955)
- John Thwaites, head of the Thwaites & Reed, clockmakers from 1780 to 1816
- Michael Thwaites
- Reuben Gold Thwaites
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