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 Tor

Other OS name in the Parish of Petertavy

Historical Forms

Whittor 1779 Recov

Etymology

is Whittor 1779Recov . Probably ' white torr , ' the modern form being a ' restored spelling . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Petertavy