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The following appear as names for Great Witley. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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GREAT WITLEY | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
WITLEY | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
WITLEY GREAT | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
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 Great Witley. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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GREAT WITLEY | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 492. |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 492. | |
Registration sub-District | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. | |
WHITLEY GREAT WITH REDMARLEY | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1821 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
WITLEY | Registration sub-District | Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) |
WITLEY GREAT | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Great Witley, 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 Great Witley, 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 Great Witley, in Malvern Hills and Worcestershire | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10151/names
Date accessed: 03rd July 2024