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.

Whitemarsh Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sedgehill

Historical Forms

  • (on ðere) hwiten meres 984 KCD641 14th
  • Witemers 1225 SR
  • Whytemers(h) 1241 FF 1279 Ass
  • Whitmarsh 1582 ChwAcct

Etymology

Whitemarsh Fm (6″) is (on ðere ) hwiten meres 984 (14th) KCD 641, Witemers 1225SR , Whytemers (h )1241 FF, 1279Ass , Whitmarsh 1582 ChwAcct. Self-explanatory.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement