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 on the Hill

Major Settlement in the Parish of Crambe

Historical Forms

Witeu(u)elle 1086 DB

Whyttewell 1154–9 Kirkham

Qwyttwell 1187–91 Kirkham

Etymology

'White, clear spring' v. hwit , w(i)ella.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement