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.

Whitmore Coppice, Whitmore Cross, Whitmore Drove

Other OS name in the Parish of Okeford Fitzpaine

Historical Forms

  • incl'm voc Whit(e)mere, Whitmere Lane 1584 Hen2
  • Whitmoor Cl, Whitmore Coppice 1838 TA

Etymology

, incl 'm voc Whit (e )mere , Whitmere Lane 1584Hen 2,Whitmoor Cl , Whitmore Coppice 1838TA , ' white pool ' , v. hwīt , mere 1 .