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.

Whitbarrow Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hutton Soil

Historical Forms

  • Whytebergh 1279 Ass 1292 Ass
  • Wytebergh 1295 Rental 1302 GDR
  • Whitbery 1338 MinAcct
  • Whitebarrow 1555 NB
  • Whytbarrow 1559 PR(Greystoke)

Etymology

'White hill,' v. be(o)rg.