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.

Widleybrook Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Wethersfield

Historical Forms

  • (le) Whit(e)legh(t) 1429–56 MinAcct
  • Whitley Brook 1777 C

Etymology

is (le ) Whit (e )legh (t )1429–56MinAcct , Whitley Brook 1777 C . v. hwit , leah . For -leght v. Leigh supra 188–9 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement