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.

Whitely

Other OS name in the Parish of Lifton

Historical Forms

  • Wytteleye 1311 Ass
  • Witley 1765 D

Etymology

is Wytteleye 1311Ass (p), Witley 1765 D . Probably ' white clearing , ' v. leah .