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.

Whitnash

Major Settlement in the Parish of Whitnash

Historical Forms

  • Witenas 1086 DB
  • Witenasche 1222 FF
  • Witenasse t.Hy3 Kenilworth
  • Witenash 1316 FA
  • Wihtenasshe 1235 Fees
  • Whitenasshe 1327 SR 1428 FA 1458 ADiii
  • Whitnash 1535 VE
  • Witenessia, Witenes t.Hy1 Kenilworth
  • Witenes t.Hy2 Ch 1314
  • Witenesse 1223 Bracton
  • Wythinhash, Wythynhas 1326 Ipm
  • Whitnyche al. Whitnashe 1606 FF
  • Whitnash al. Whitnish 1666 ib

Etymology

'At the white ash,' v. hwit , æsc .

Places in the same Parish

None