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.

Lower Whitley & Upper Whitley

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Whitley Moors 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Whitley Moors 1709WMB , v. hwīt , lēah , a common YW p.n .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site