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.

Whiteparish

Major Settlement in the Parish of Whiteparish

Historical Forms

  • Whitchirche 1289 FF
  • Whytechirche, Whytcherche 1289 Ass
  • Whyteparosshe ib.
  • la Whiteparosse 1301 FF
  • la Whiteperesshe 1305 Ass
  • la Whyteparyshe t.Ed2 For
  • la Whiteparisshe 1324 Pat
  • Whiteparys 1359 Ipm
  • Whiteparoch 1414 Pat
  • Whyte Perysshe 1553 WMxii
  • Album Monasterium 1298 Sarum
  • in Albo monasterio 1428 FA
  • Whitparishe t.Eliz WMxxi

Etymology

The earlier name must have referred to the colour of the original church here. Cf. Whitchurch (PN D 247–8). The use of the same epithet for the later parish is strange.