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.

Whitendale, Whitendale River

Early-attested site in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • Wytlyngdall 14 Kirkst
  • Whit(e)lidale 1343 MinAcct
  • Whitledale, Whytledale 1423 1593 WillY
  • Whitondale(brooke) 1652 ParlSurv

Etymology

Whitendale, Whitendale River, Wytlyngdall 14 Kirkst, Whit(e)lidale 1343MinAcct , Whitledale , Whytledale 1423 ib, 1593 WillY, Whitondale (brooke )1652ParlSurv . 'White-heather valley', v. hwīt , lyng , dalr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name