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.

Whitehills

Other OS name in the Parish of Chapel en le Frith

Historical Forms

  • Wytehelles 1251 DbAv
  • Withull Hy3 For
  • Whitehilles Ed4 DuLa

Etymology

, Wytehelles 1251 DbA v, Withull Hy 3For (p), Whitehilles Ed 4DuLa , v. hwīt , hyll .