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.

Whyett Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Westerdale

Historical Forms

  • Whitethwayt 1539 Dugdv.510

Etymology

v. þveit . The first element is OE  hwit or a pers. name, ON  Hvíti (cf. Whitby 126supra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement