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.

Whitmead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Farnham

Historical Forms

  • Wydemede 1279,1294 Ass
  • Whitemead 1840 TA

Etymology

Whitmead (6″) is Widimed 1218, Wydemede 1257Rental (p), Wydemede 1279, 1294Ass (p), Whitemead 1840TA . 'Wide meadow,' or possibly 'withy meadow,' if the earliest form is correct.