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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bolton on Swale

Historical Forms

  • Witeuuella 1086 DB
  • Wittewell 1201 Cur 13 Leon67
  • Whitwell(e) 1285 KI

Etymology

v. hwit , w(i)ella and Whitwell (Bulm) 39supra .

Places in the same Parish