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.

Whitsleigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Giles in the Wood

Historical Forms

Whiteslegh 1238 Ass

Whyteslegh(e) 1242 Fees779 1310 FF

Whitteneslegh 1335 Ch

Wyteslegh 1346 FA

Etymology

'Hwīt 's clearing,' v. leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

St Giles in the Wood