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.

Whetley, Whetley Bridge & Whetley Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Powerstock

Historical Forms

  • Whitley 1811 OS

Etymology

, Whitley 1811 OS , cf. Whetley Cowleaze 1839TA , possibly ' wheatclearing ' , v. hwǣte , lēah .