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.

Whiteacre Crag

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • White acre 1842 TA

Etymology

, White acre 1842TA , v. hwīt , æcer .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement