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Whitley Crag

Other OS name in the Parish of Asby

Historical Forms

  • CS, le Wythlethes 1295 Lowth
  • Qwytelethes 1314 ib
  • Whitley 1843 TA

Etymology

, 1859 CS , le Wythlethes 1295Lowth ,Qwytelethes 1314 ib, Whitley 1843TA , ' white slopes ' , v. hwīt , hlið .