Flawith History
FLAWITH is a township and small village, 1 mile west from Alne and 4 ½ south-west-by-west from Easingwold, and contains 607 acres of land belonging to various owners; rateable value, £739; the population in 1911 was 44. Sir George Orby Wombwell bart. is lord of the manor.
— Kelly's Directory of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire (1913)