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.

Whinleys Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Clarborough

Historical Forms

  • Welham Whinleys ib.
  • Whin Leys 1826 G

Etymology

is Welham Whinleys ib., Whin Leys 1826 G . A compound of whin , ' gorse . ' For leys , v. infra 286 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement