Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Whitnoe (Orchard)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woburn

Historical Forms

Wytenho, Witenho 1291 Tax 1307 Ass 1337 Pat

Whitenho 1299 Ch 1331 QW

Etymology

OE hwītan hō (dat.), 'white spur of land,' v. hwit , hoh .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Woburn