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.

Lower Whitley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Great Budworth

Historical Forms

  • Nether Witelegh H3 Orm2 1666
  • Nether Whitelegh 1306 ChF
  • Whitelegh Inferior c.1320 Chol
  • Lower Whitley 1544 AD

Etymology

'The lower part of Whitley', v. neoðera , cf. Higher Whitley 124supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site