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.

Whitewell

Other OS name in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • Whit(e)well grene 1651 ParlSurv

Etymology

, 1343MinAcct , Whit (e )well grene 1651ParlSurv , ' clear spring ' , v. hwīt , wella .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name