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.

Whitley Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Farway

Historical Forms

Wittelega 1175 P

Wytelega 1173–5 Ch 1329

Whittelegh 1238 Ass

Whyteł 1277 Ass

Widelegh juxta Farwey 1392 IpmR

Whitelegh 1417 FF

Etymology

'White leah.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Farway