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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.

Whiteley Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • Wyteleye 1280 Goodall
  • Whitley 1366 ib
  • Whitley wodd 1556 SheffMan
  • Whitley Wodbridge 1564 ib
  • Whiteley Wo(o)d 1533 WillY 1585 Dep 1607 FF
  • Whiteley grene 1587 Dep

Etymology

Whiteley Wood, Wyteleye 1280 Goodall, Whitley 1366 ib, Whitley wodd 1556 SheffMan, Whitley Wodbridge 1564 ib, Whiteley Wo (o )d 1533 WillY, 1585Dep , 1607 FF et freq , Whiteley grene 1587 Dep. A common YW p.n., 'the bright fair clearing', v. hwīt 'white', lēah , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name