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.

Whitley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • Quitlay 1374 YDvi
  • Qwytteley Hall 1454 Grant

Etymology

Whitley, Quitlay 1374 YD vi(p), Qwytteley Hall 1454Grant 61, Whitley 1591 PRTh, 1605 FF, v. hwīt , lēah , a common local p.n.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement