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.

West Whitnole

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoodleigh

Historical Forms

  • Witechenolla 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Withechenolle
  • Whytecnolle 1242 Fees760,787
  • Wyteknoll 1303 FA

Etymology

'White round hill,' v. cnoll .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement