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.

Whitestone Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Birdham

Historical Forms

  • atte Wyteston 1279 Ass

Etymology

Whitestone Fm was probably the home of Walter atte Wyteston (1279Ass ). It is called Whitstonerowe in ECP 5, 580 (c. 1520).

Places in the same Parish