whats the meaning of........

[marksworld]

having a chat at work the other day and blyth staithes came up in the conversation. now i know what the staithes were used for but we could not find the meaning of the word even after looking in the oxford and cambridge dictionary. i know you lot on here are a mine of useful information (sometimes lol) so can anyone come up with the correct meaning of the word "staithes"



cheers
mark

[Stores]

How about this Mark:

Situated in a deep coastal creek formed by the Roxby Beck, Staithes has a Viking name meaning landing place. This may be one of the places on the eastern coast where Vikings landed at the beginning of their conquest of Northern England. Not all Norsemen landed on the eastern coast however, as some like the Vikings Croc and Toc sailed into the Mersey estuary where their staithes are remembered in the place names Croxteth and Toxteth. In the North Eastern coalfield the word staithes was later used to describe wooden piers from which ships were loaded with coal on the Rivers Tyne, Wear and Tees.

[Norman]

I bet they got their boats nicked !

[Stores]

Norman please don't trivialise the quality of my answer, the lack of alternatives suggest that others are merely viewing in awe.



I've got too much time on my hands at the minute I think lol

[peter.m]

I bet they got their boats nicked !

but how did they learn to skid them around the streets?

[marksworld]

cheers david, thats the best answer i have heard so far. i did think when i looked in the dictionary the word would have been there. i worked on blyth staithes for 6 year driving trains and the word was used just like any other so when looking it up i was very suprised not to see it.


cheers
mark

[Stores]

Easy really - just got my Norse dictionary off the shelf, typed in valleradictoni (norse for staithes) and Bob's your uncle.

[marksworld]

i wont call you a smart a**e. lol



cheers
mark

[Stores]

Neither would the kids













But I know they're thinking it pmsl

[marksworld]

lol, like it



cheers
mark