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.

Whitefields

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoneleigh

Historical Forms

  • Whet(e)feld 1536 MinAcct
  • le Whytefelde 1542 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Whet (e )feld 1536MinAcct , le Whytefelde 1542 ib . Probably ' wheat field , ' with later corruption .