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.

Wittaburrow

Other OS name in the Parish of Widdecombe in the Moor

Historical Forms

  • Whiteburghcomb c.1400 Ct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Whiteburghcomb c. 1400Ct . Probably ' white hill , ' v. beorg .