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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.

Whetley Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradford

Historical Forms

  • Whetley 1661 WYD 1817 M
  • Nether Whetley, Upper Whetley, Whetley Green 1674 WRC

Etymology

Whetley Hill, Whetley 1661 WYD, 1817 M, Nether Whetley , Upper Whetley , Whetley Green 1674 WRC. 'Wheat clearing', v. hwǣte , lēah , cf. the common YW p.n. Wheatley.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name