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.

Witchfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Whichwell 1575 HAS
  • Whitchwell 1617 WYD

Etymology

, Whichwell 1575 HAS 4,237, Whitchwell 1617 WYD , probably from cwice ' couch-grass ' and wella .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name