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.

Whitfield Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Glossop

Historical Forms

  • Witfeld 1086 DB
  • Wytfeld 1282 Ipm 1285 For 1315 Ipm
  • Wytfledde 1283 Misc
  • Witefeld, Wytefeld Hy3,1285 For
  • Whitefeld 1226 FF 1283 Cl 1310 Pat 1330 Ass
  • Whitfeld(e), Whytfeld(e) 1249 Misc 1294 Ipm
  • Qwytfeld 1424 DbAxxii

Etymology

'White or dry open land', v. hwīt , feld .