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.

Whitkills

Field in the Parish of Egremont

Historical Forms

  • Whitkills 1660 Caine
  • Whitekelde 1578 Cocker

Etymology

Whitkills(Whitekelde 1578Cocker.'White spring,' v. kelda)