Whitlinge
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hartlebury
Historical Forms
- æt hwitan hlince 969 BCS1241 11th
- Whiteling, Whyteling, Whitelyngge 1221 Ass 1309 FF 1337 Pat
- Wittelinge 1221 Ass
- Wyteling 1240 WoP 1275 Ass 1316 Cl
- Wyklinge 1275 SR
- Whitling 1642 QSR 1669 FF c.1830 O
- Whitlench c.1890 Lithog1″
Etymology
'White ridge,' v. hlinc , hwit . Cf. on hwitan hlinces (BCS 1213).