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.

Witnells End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Upper Arley

Historical Forms

  • Whytenhull, Wyntenhull, Whytehull 1295 LyttCh 1325 Ipm 1332 SR

Etymology

'White hill,' from OE  (æt þǣm ) hwītan hylle , v. hwit , hyll .The name is probably only pseudo-manorial in form.