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.

Whitehall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dunton

Historical Forms

  • (La) Whyt(e)hall, Whithall 1285 Ass 1372 FF 1412,1420 FA
  • Boursted Helyon 1291 Tax
  • Langedon vocat' Whithall in Dounton 1399 IpmR

Etymology

Whitehall is (La ) Whyt (e )hall , Whithall 1285Ass , 1372FF , 1412, 1420 FA, Boursted Helyon 1291 Tax, Langedon vocat ' Whithall in Dounton 1399 IpmR. The manor was in Little Burstead and was held by the Helyon family t. Hy 2 (M). v. Burstead supra 145. For Langedon v. Laindon Hills infra 162.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement