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.

Whitford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shute

Historical Forms

  • Witefort 1086 DB
  • Witeford 1167 P
  • Witteford 1172 P
  • Whytford 1228 FF
  • Wyteford, Whyteford 1242 Fees782
  • Wytheford 1377 IpmR
  • Wheteford 1428 FA

Etymology

'White ford.'

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement