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.

Whitelands

Other OS name in the Parish of Calverley

Historical Forms

  • Qwiteland c.1312 Calv
  • (Long) Whitlandes 1346 ib
  • (Small) Whit(e)land 1848 TA

Etymology

, Qwiteland c. 1312 Calv, (Long )Whitlandes 1346 ib, (Small ) Whit (e )land 1848TA , v. hwīt , land .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement