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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.

Whitley Copse, Upper Whitley Fm and Lower Whitley Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cumnor

Historical Forms

  • Whitele 1224–5 Ass
  • Withele 1227 FF
  • Whitle 1241 Ass
  • Whytel' 1284 Ass
  • Whittele 1316 FA
  • Whytele 1327 SR
  • Whitley leaze 1572 ArchJ
  • East Wheatley Farm and West Wheatley Farm 1761 Rocque
  • Whitley Coppice 1788 Bodl

Etymology

Whitley Copse, Upper Whitley Fm and Lower Whitley Fm, Whitele 1224–5Ass (p), Withele 1227 FF, Whitle 1241Ass , Whytel '1284Ass (p), Whittele 1316 FA, Whytele 1327SR , Whitley leaze 1572 ArchJ 26, East Wheatley Farm and West Wheatley Farm 1761 Rocque, Whitley Coppice 1788Bodl , 'white wood or clearing', v. hwīt , (a)h, a common p.n., of which there are two examples in this county.