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.

Whiteholme

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bowness

Historical Forms

  • Witholm c.1210 Hesley
  • Witeholm a.1240 HolmC

Etymology

v. holmr .