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.

Whitefield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Challacombe

Historical Forms

  • Witefella 1086 DB
  • Whitefelde 1333 SR

Etymology

'White open space,' v. Whitefield supra 52.