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.

Whisperdales

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hackness

Historical Forms

Whitspotdale, Wytspotdale 12,c.1200,1286 Whitby

Etymology

'White spot valley' v. dæl . For spot cf. Ekwall, PN La 59 (s.n. Spotland).

Places in the same Parish