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.

White's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of East Down

Historical Forms

  • Whita 1330 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is to be associated with the family of Robert Whita (1330SR ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement