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.

Whitwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Paul's Walden

Historical Forms

  • Whytwell Myle 1539 AD v, Walden
  • myll al. Whytewell mylle 1540 MinAcct

Etymology

Whitwell is Wytewelle , Wetewelle 1278, Whitewelle 1321Ass (p), Whytwell Myle 1539 AD v, Walden myll al. Whytewell mylle 1540MinAcct . 'White spring,' v. wielle . The soil here is chalk.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name