English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Whitewell(s)

Other OS name in the Parish of Aberford

Historical Forms

  • Whitwell-Carr 1713 WYEnr

Etymology

, 1848TA , Whitwell -Carr 1713WYEnr 76 , ' clear spring ' , v. hwīt , wella .