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.

Great Witley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Great Witley

Historical Forms

  • Whitele Major 1275 Ass
  • Wytleye 1290,1307 Wigorn
  • Wyttel(ie), Wytteleye 1316 Ipm 1340 NI 1428 FA
  • Wyttlay 1535 VE

Etymology

For further and earlier forms and for the etymology, v. Little Witley infra 183.

Places in the same Parish