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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whitwell Spring

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Whit(e)wellhead 1615,1664 PRGis

Etymology

, Whit (e )wellhead 1615, 1664 PRGis , ' clearspring ' , v. hwīt , wella .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site