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.

Whitmore Coppice & Whitmore Plant.

Early-attested site in the Parish of Langton Herring

Historical Forms

  • le Whytemoure 1432 Midd
  • Whitmore 1589 Hutch3 1611 DuCo
  • Whitemoore 1615 ib
  • Gt Whitmore & Lt Whitmore, Whitmore Coppice 1841 TA

Etymology

Whitmore Coppice & Whitmore Plant. (SY 623827), le Whytemoure 1432Midd , Whitmore 1589 Hutch3, 1611DuCo , Whitemoore 1615ib , Gt Whitmore & Lt Whitmore , Whitmore Coppice 1841TA , v. hwīt , mōr .