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.

Witherans

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Ouseburn

Historical Forms

  • the Witheruns 1630 Ct

Etymology

, the Witheruns 1630 Ct , probably ' willow thickets ' , v. víðir , runnr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement