Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• the White North (sic) 1649 WeyM

• White Nore 1811 OS

• White cliff or White nore Point c.1825 Map

Etymology

, the White North (sic)1649 WeyM, White Nore 1811 OS, White cliff or White nore Point c. 1825 Map , a coastal promontory , for which the forms probably represent genuine alternative names ; Nothe is to be compared with The Nothe ( also a promontory ) in Weymouth par . infra , v. hnoþ ' knoll, hill ' ; Nose is nose ' promontory, headland ' ; and Nore is probably ord ' point ' or ōra 1 ' bank, shore ' , with N - from the metanalysis of an OE  hwītan orde , hwītan ōran , v. hwīt ( wk . obl . hwītan ) ' white ' , here referring to chalk cliffs .