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The following appear as names for Higher Whitley. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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HIGHER WHITLEY | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
OVER WHITLEY | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
WHITLEY | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
WHITLEY OVER | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
WHITLEY SUPERIOR | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Higher Whitley. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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HIGHER WHITLEY | Parish-level Unit (CP/Tn) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 41. |
OVER WHITLEY | Parish-level Unit (CP/Tn) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 41. |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Higher Whitley, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Higher Whitley, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Higher Whitley, in Vale Royal and Cheshire | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2165/names
Date accessed: 25th April 2024