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.

Wither

Other OS name in the Parish of Rostherne

Historical Forms

  • Big Wither & Little Wither 1849 ib

Etymology

's Lane , Big Wither & Little Wither 1849ib , ( lost ) , 1842OS , ' willow hall ' , v. wīðegn ; near Sink Moss .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name