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.

Whitley Head & Whitley Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Kildwick

Historical Forms

  • ye Whyte law 1579 Skp
  • Whitle(y)head 1651 PRKld 1744 Briggsq.4
  • Whittlehouse 1846 TA

Etymology

, y e Whyte law 1579Skp 31, Whitle (y )head 1651PRKld, 1744Briggs q. 4, Whittlehouse 1846TA ' white hill ormound ' , v. hwīt , hlāw .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name