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.

Widbury Fm and Widbury Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ware

Historical Forms

  • Wyteburwe 13th WalthamA
  • Wyteberwe 1294 SR
  • Whiteberwe 1307 ib
  • Whittebergh, Witteberewe 1302 Ass
  • Witerberwe near Ware 1308 Pat
  • Whitbarghill 1467 Cl
  • Whytbarrow hill c.1500 Add
  • Whitborowe hyll 1594 Rental
  • Widborow hill 1598 N

Etymology

Probably 'white hill,' v. beorg .