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Whittle Carr

Other OS name in the Parish of Barwick in Elmet

Historical Forms

  • Witewelle 1148–65 YCh1037–8
  • Whitwell Carre 1544 Surv

Etymology

, 1736 PRBrw , Witewelle 1148–65 YCh 1037–8, Whitwell Carre 1544Surv , ' bright spring or stream ' , v. hwīt , wella .