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.

Whitnage

Early-attested site in the Parish of Uplowman

Historical Forms

  • Witenes 1086 DB
  • Wytenehc
  • Witenech c.1200 Canonsleigh
  • Whytenech' 1242 Fees780
  • Hwytenych 1316 FA
  • Whitenich 1340 SR
  • Wytenishe 1346 FA
  • Wythenynch 1347 FF

Etymology

'At the white oak,' cf. Bradninch infra 555.

Places in the same Parish