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.

Whitmore

Other OS name in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • Whitemore Knot 1652 ParlSurv

Etymology

, Whitemore Knot 1652ParlSurv , v. hwīt , mōr , cnotta ' rocky hill-top ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name