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.

Whiteholme Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Brandesburton

Historical Forms

  • le Whitholm 1303 YI
  • Wytholm 1374 Works

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is le Whitholm 1303 YI, Wytholm 1374 Works , v. holmr . Cf. Dan  Hvidholm .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement