English Place-name Society

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.

Whitley Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Farway

Historical Forms

  • Wittelega 1175 P
  • Wytelega 1173–5 Ch 1329
  • Whittelegh 1238 Ass
  • Whyteł 1277 Ass
  • Widelegh juxta Farwey 1392 IpmR
  • Whitelegh 1417 FF

Etymology

'White leah.'

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