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.

Whiteley

Other OS name in the Parish of Thrushelton

Historical Forms

  • Whithelegh 1306 Ipm
  • Whitteleye 1316 Cl

Etymology

is Whithelegh 1306 Ipm, Whitteleye 1316 Cl . ' White clearing , ' v. leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement