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

Other OS name in the Parish of Woodlands

Historical Forms

  • Hr Whitemore Bridges & Lr Whitemore Bridges 1791 Boswell

Etymology

, 1551Midd , Hr Whitemore Bridges & Lr Whitemore Bridges 1791Boswell , v. hwīt , mōr , cf. Burgess's Fm supra .