Whitwell
Whitwell proper noun: a village and civil parish in Bolsover district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK5276).
Proper noun
Whitwell (countable and uncountable, plural Whitwells)
- A village and civil parish in Bolsover district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK5276).
- A village in St Paul's Walden parish, North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL1821).
- A village in Niton and Whitwell parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ5278).
- A locality in Reepham parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG0921).
- The east of the market place is dominated by the tall tower of St Michael's Church, which strangely is not the parish church of Reepham but of neighbouring Whitwell. At one time three churches stood in the churchyard; Reepham's Church of St Mary is joined by its choir vestry to St Michael's, and...1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 331, about Reepham, Norfolk
- A hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2899).
- A small village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SK9208).
- A city in Marion County, Tennessee, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Forms of Whitwell
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Origin of Whitwell
From Old English hwīt (“white”) + well.
Phrases with Whitwell
Questions about Whitwell
- What does Whitwell mean?
- Whitwell means a village and civil parish in Bolsover district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK5276).
- What part of speech is Whitwell?
- Whitwell is a proper noun.
Words near Whitwell in the dictionary
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