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.

Whitbyheath

Other OS name in the Parish of Eastham & Stoke

Historical Forms

  • Whitby Heath 1842 OS

Etymology

, Whitby Heath 1842 OS , cf. Heath Fm, Heathfield Ho supra , and magnum bruerium de Witeby et de Pulle 1272 Chest , bruera de Wyteby 1278 ib , bruera de Whiteby 1278 Whall , v. hǣð .